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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blackwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackwell and the surrounding area.
- 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 Blackwell:
- 32.085083, -100.319330
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Blackwell
- 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 Coke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coke County
- Since Blackwell is near Nolan County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nolan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Blackwell
Communities Also Named Blackwell ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Blackwell.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Blackwell.
Beyond Texas, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Nolan County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Blackwell.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Blackwell [Madison County].
- Arkansas
- Conway County
- This Blackwell is located in Conway County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Blackwell.
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Blackwell [Cobb County].
- Jasper County
- This Blackwell is located in Jasper County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<2> to the east of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Blackwell.
- Idaho
- Kootenai County
- This Blackwell is located in Kootenai County and lies 1,381 miles [2,222.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Blackwell.
- Kentucky
- Henry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Blackwell [Henry County].
- Maine
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Blackwell [Somerset County].
- Missouri
- Macon County
- Although located in Macon County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Blackwell.
- Saint Francois County
- This Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Blackwell.
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- This Blackwell is located in Caswell County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Blackwell.
- Oklahoma
- Kay County
- This Blackwell is located in Kay County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Blackwell.
- Ontario
- This Blackwell lies 1,236 miles [1,989.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- This Blackwell is located in Tioga County and lies 1,420 miles [2,285.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Blackwell.
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Blackwell [Grainger County].
- Virginia
- Washington County
- This Blackwell is located in Washington County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Blackwell.
- Wisconsin
- Forest County
- This Blackwell is located in Forest County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Blackwell that is located in Coke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Blackwell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackwell ...
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.
- Blair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blair is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Champion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Champion is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Edith
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Edith is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Happy Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Marie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marie is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Maryneal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan Mott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
- Robert Lee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sweetwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Blackwell to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Blackwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackwell and extending to:
- Robert Lee, which is the Seat of Coke County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blackwell to Robert Lee, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,150 miles [11,506.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,892 miles [12,700.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,775 miles [9,294 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Blackwell 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blackwell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Blackwell to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blackwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0851, Longitude: -100.3193 In this case, the coordinates for Blackwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.242 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.115 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.33 degrees. |
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