Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Blodgett Mills

• 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 Mills:
  • 42.568404, -76.125761
  • 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 Mills

• 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
  • Since Blodgett Mills is near Tompkins County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga 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 Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blodgett Mills ...

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.

• Freetown Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
• Gracie
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Gracie is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie
• Halls Corner
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
• Homer
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
• Hunts Corners
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
• Lacy Corners
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
• Little York
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Little York is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
• Marathon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Marathon is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <1>
• Maybury Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
• Messengerville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
• Pratt Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
• Red Mills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
• Slab City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Slab City is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
• Texas Valley
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blodgett Mills and extending to:

• Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blodgett Mills to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,705 miles [9,181.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'