Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bloomington Hills:
  • 37.060259, -113.556066
  • 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 Bloomington Hills

• 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Since Bloomington Hills is near Mohave County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mohave 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 Bloomington Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bloomington Hills ...

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.

• Browse
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Browse is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browse
• Gunlock
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Gunlock is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gunlock <1>
• Harrisburg ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Former names for Harrisburg:
  • Cottonwood
  • Harrisville
• Harrisburg Junction
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg Junction is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Junction
• Hurricane
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hurricane is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,855 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane <1>
• Price City ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Price City is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price City
  • Price City has also been known as:
  • Price
• Shivwits
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Shivwits is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivwits
• Silver Reef ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Silver Reef is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Reef

How Far From Bloomington Hills 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 Bloomington Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Saint George, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Bloomington Hills to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,978 miles [3,183.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,034 miles [12,929.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'