Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blatchford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blatchford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blatchford
- 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 Blatchford:
- 39.523681, -82.203204
- 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 Blatchford
- 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 Hocking County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- Since Blatchford is near Athens County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Athens County
- eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Blatchford ...
We found two communities that share the name Blatchford.
Within Ohio, the name Blatchford is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- Custer 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 Montana community of Blatchford [Custer County].
- Prairie County
- This Blatchford is located in Prairie County and lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Blatchford that is located in Hocking County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Blatchford.
- Montana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blatchford ...
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.
- Candy Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candy Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candy Town
- Candy Town is located in Hocking County
- Carbon Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Hill
- Carbon Hill is located in Hocking County
- Goose Run ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Jobs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Lost Run ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Monday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Sand Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Sand Run is located in Hocking County
- Sand Run Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Run Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run Junction
- Sand Run Junction is located in Hocking County
How Far From Blatchford 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 Blatchford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blatchford and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Hocking County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Blatchford to Logan, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blatchford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hocking County: www.co.hocking.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 Blatchford 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' (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- Blatchford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blatchford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5237, Longitude: -82.2032 In this case, the coordinates for Blatchford 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Blatchford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.057 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.733 degrees. |