Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bledsoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bledsoe and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bledsoe
- 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 Bledsoe:
- 33.619266, -103.021331
- 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 Bledsoe
- 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 Cochran County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cochran County
- Since Bledsoe is near Roosevelt County and also Bailey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Roosevelt County
- eBird sighting report for Bailey 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 Bledsoe ...
We found six communities that share the name Bledsoe.
Within Texas, the name Bledsoe is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- This Bledsoe is located in Lincoln County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<2> to the east of the Bledsoe that is located in Cochran County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Bledsoe.
- Sumner County
- This Bledsoe is located in Sumner County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the east northeast of the Bledsoe that is located in Cochran County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Bledsoe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bledsoe ...
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.
- Bluit ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Lea County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossroads <4>
- Eagle Hill ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Eagle Hill is located in Roosevelt County (NM)
- Goodland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Inez ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Lingo ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Longs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Maple
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Maple is located in Bailey County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple <4>
- Star Route
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Route have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Route
- Star Route is located in Cochran County
How Far From Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bledsoe and extending to:
- Morton, which is the Seat of Cochran County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bledsoe to Morton, with an average speed<5> 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 386 miles [621.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,486 miles [2,391.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,910 miles [12,729.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,805 miles [9,342.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bledsoe. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Bledsoe 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- Bledsoe) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bledsoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6193, Longitude: -103.0213 In this case, the coordinates for Bledsoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Bledsoe 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 324.371 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.82 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.505 degrees. |