Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blaine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blaine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blaine
- 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 Blaine:
- 48.994084, -122.749753
- 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 Blaine
- 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 Whatcom County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Whatcom County
- Since Blaine is near San Juan County and also Skagit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for San Juan County
- eBird sighting report for Skagit 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 Blaine ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Blaine.
Within Washington, the name Blaine is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Camas County
- This Blaine is located in Camas County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Blaine that is located in Whatcom County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camas County community of Blaine.
- Latah County
- This Blaine is located in Latah County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east southeast of the Blaine that is located in Whatcom County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Blaine.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Benton 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 Missouri community of Blaine [Benton County].
- Vernon County
- This Blaine is located in Vernon County and lies 1,599 miles [2,573.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Blaine that is located in Whatcom County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Blaine.
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Blaine.
- White Pine County
- This community is historic and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Blaine.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Curry 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 Oregon community of Blaine [Curry County].
- Tillamook County
- This Blaine is located in Tillamook County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<2> to the south of the Blaine that is located in Whatcom County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Blaine.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blaine ...
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.
- Clover Valley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloverdale <5>
- Cottonwood Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Beach
- Cottonwood Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Crescent Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Fern Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Haynie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Kickerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
- Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
- Ocean Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Park
- Panorama Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panorama Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Ridge
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Blaine to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Blaine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blaine and extending to:
- Bellingham, which is the Seat of Whatcom County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Blaine to Bellingham, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,337 miles [3,761 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,689 miles [10,764.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,449 miles [11,988 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,588 miles [8,993 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Blaine: www.ci.blaine.wa.us/
The official website for Whatcom County: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.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 Blaine 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blaine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blaine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9941, Longitude: -122.7498 |
| <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 Blaine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Blaine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.279 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.968 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.924 degrees. |