Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blooms Eddy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blooms Eddy and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blooms Eddy
- 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 Blooms Eddy:
- 38.286181, -85.772186
- 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 Blooms Eddy
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Blooms Eddy is near Floyd County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blooms Eddy ...
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.
- Arctic Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic Springs
- Arctic Springs is located in Clark County
- Cementville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cementville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementville
- Cementville is located in Clark County
- Cherokee Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Garden
- Cherokee Garden is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Cherrywood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Village
- Cherrywood Village is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Clarksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,447 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <2>
- Floyds Knobs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyds Knobs
- Floyds Knobs is located in Floyd County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyds Knobs <2>
- German Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Town
- German Town is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Glenview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Glenview is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 544 people
- Graysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Clark County
- Heatherfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heatherfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Heatherfield is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Indian Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,971 people
- Longview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Continue List (9 more) ...
- Louisville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Louisville is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <2>
- Mockingbird Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mockingbird Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Valley
- Mockingbird Valley is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Riverwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Robinswood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinswood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
- Robinswood is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Rolling Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fields
- Rolling Fields is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Seminary Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seminary Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Village
- Seminary Village is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Silver Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
- Silver Hills is located in Floyd County
- Winding Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winding Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Falls
- Winding Falls is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Woodside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Louisville
How Far From Blooms Eddy 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 community such as Blooms Eddy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Blooms Eddy once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Blooms Eddy and extending to:
- Jeffersonville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the East.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<4> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Blooms Eddy to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 473 miles [761.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,007 miles [11,276.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Clark County: www.co.clark.in.us/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Blooms Eddy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Blooms Eddy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blooms Eddy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2862, Longitude: -85.7722 In this case, the coordinates for Blooms Eddy 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 Blooms Eddy 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 313.22 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.431 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.702 degrees. |