Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bloomingburg:
  • 39.607735, -83.395476
  • 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 Bloomingburg

• 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Since Bloomingburg is near Madison County and also Pickaway County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickaway 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 Bloomingburg

Communities Also Named Bloomingburg ...

We found one communities that are also named Bloomingburg.

Within Ohio, the name Bloomingburg is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Bloomingburg in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New York
    • Sullivan County
    • This Bloomingburg is located in Sullivan County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bloomingburg that is located in Fayette County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Bloomingburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bloomingburg ...

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.

• Cook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cook is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
  • Cook has also been known as:
  • Cook Station
• Good Hope
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Good Hope is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
• Jasper Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jasper Mills is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper Mills
• Kingfred ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingfred is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingfred
• Kozy Corners
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Kozy Corners is located in Pickaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kozy Corners
• New Holland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • New Holland is located in Pickaway County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Holland <2>
• Parrott
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Parrott is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
• Range
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Range is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
• Rock Mills
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Rock Mills is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
• Yankeetown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yankeetown is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown

How Far From Bloomingburg 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 village such as Bloomingburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Washington Court House, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Bloomingburg to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,127 miles [9,860.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,726 miles [7,605.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'