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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 Blanton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanton 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 Blanton:
    • 32.106819, -97.316402
    • 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 Blanton
  • 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 Hill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hill County
    • Since Blanton is near Johnson County and also Bosque County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bosque 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 Blanton

Communities Also Named Blanton ...

We found ten communities that are also named Blanton.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Blanton.

Beyond Texas, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Runnels County
      • This Blanton is located in Runnels County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the west of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Blanton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lee County
      • This Blanton is located in Lee County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the east of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Blanton.
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Blanton is located in Crittenden County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Blanton.
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Blanton is located in Pasco County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Blanton.
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • This Blanton is located in Lowndes County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the east of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Blanton.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Blanton [Douglas County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Blanton [Harlan County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sharkey County
      • This Blanton is located in Sharkey County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the east of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharkey County community of Blanton.
    • Oklahoma
      • Garfield County
      • This Blanton is located in Garfield County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the north of the Blanton that is located in Hill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Blanton.
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Blanton [Cannon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanton ...

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.

  • Carl's Corner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Carl's Corner is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl's Corner
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Cedar Shores
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Shores is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
  • Cuba
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cuba is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Freeland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeland is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Grandview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Grub Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Grub Hill is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Hill
  • Highland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Highland is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Lone Willow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Willow is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Willow
  • Lovelace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lovelace is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
  • Mountain View
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Mountain View is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Prairie Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Prairie Valley is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Valley
  • Red Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Red Hill is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Retreat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Retreat is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
  • Sand Flat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Sand Flat is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat

How Far From Blanton 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 Blanton to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blanton and extending to:

  • Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Hill County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blanton to Hillsboro, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,773 miles [12,509.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blanton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Blanton 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Blanton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Blanton 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 Blanton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1068, Longitude: -97.3164       In this case, the coordinates for Blanton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.20 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.707 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.963 degrees.