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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 Blodgett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blodgett and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Blodgett:
    • 31.461560, -88.986444
    • 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 Blodgett
  • 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Blodgett is near Perry County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Blodgett

Communities Also Named Blodgett ...

We found ten communities that are also named Blodgett.

Within Mississippi, the name Blodgett is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • This Blodgett is located in Lake County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the north of the Blodgett that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Blodgett.
      • Will County
      • This Blodgett is located in Will County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km] to the north of the Blodgett that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Blodgett.
    • Indiana
      • Elkhart 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 Indiana community of Blodgett [Elkhart County].
    • Kansas
      • Greenwood County
      • This Blodgett is located in Greenwood County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blodgett that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Blodgett.
    • Michigan
      • Missaukee 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 Michigan community of Blodgett [Missaukee County].
      • Wexford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Blodgett [Wexford County].
    • Missouri
      • Scott County
      • This Blodgett is located in Scott County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the north of the Blodgett that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Blodgett.
    • Oregon
      • Benton County
      • This Blodgett is located in Benton County and lies 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blodgett that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Blodgett.
    • Texas
      • Titus County
      • This Blodgett is located in Titus County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blodgett that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Titus County community of Blodgett.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waukesha 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 Wisconsin community of Blodgett [Waukesha County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blodgett ...

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.

  • Brewer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brewer is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer
  • Good Hope
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Good Hope is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Goodluck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
  • Indian Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Springs is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Jenkins
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jenkins is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Monarch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Monarch is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Mulberry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mulberry is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Oak Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pecan Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Tuckers Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuckers Crossing is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossing
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Union is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • Laurel, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blodgett to Laurel, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 846 miles [1,361.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • 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 northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Blodgett) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Blodgett 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>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.
<4>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 Blodgett 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 Blodgett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4616, Longitude: -88.9864       In this case, the coordinates for Blodgett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.829 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.342 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.558 degrees.