Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blue Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Bank and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blue Bank
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Blue Bank:
- 36.351732, -89.425074
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Blue Bank
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Blue Bank is near Obion County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Obion County
- eBird sighting report for New Madrid County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Blue Bank ...
We found one communities that share the name Blue Bank.
Within Tennessee, the name Blue Bank is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Blue Bank in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Bank ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cat Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cat Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Corner
- Cat Corner is located in Obion County
- Cloverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Obion County
- Edgewater Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Edgewater Beach is located in Lake County
- Grays Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Camp
- Grays Camp is located in Lake County
- Hornbeak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hornbeak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornbeak
- Hornbeak is located in Obion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hornbeak <3>
- Lake Drive
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Drive have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Drive
- Lake Drive is located in Lake County
- Linda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Mooring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Owl City
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Spout Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spout Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Spout Springs is located in Obion County
- Sunkist Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunkist Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
How Far From Blue Bank to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Blue Bank to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Blue Bank and extending to:
- Tiptonville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Bank to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Bank. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Blue Bank could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blue Bank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3517, Longitude: -89.4251 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Blue Bank to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.466 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.745 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.80 degrees. |