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We found thirteen communities that share the name Bluff.
There is one other community in Alaska which is also named Bluff.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
This Bluff lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the east.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Fayette County
This Bluff is located in Fayette County and lies 3,718 miles [5,983.5 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Bluff.
Georgia
Chatham County
This Bluff is located in Chatham County and lies 4,025 miles [6,477.6 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Bluff.
Kentucky
Caldwell County
This Bluff is located in Caldwell County and lies 3,515 miles [5,656.8 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Bluff.
Mississippi
Tippah County
This Bluff is located in Tippah County and lies 3,640 miles [5,858 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Bluff.
New Brunswick
This Bluff lies 3,646 miles [5,867.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
North Carolina
Madison County
This Bluff is located in Madison County and lies 3,747 miles [6,030.2 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bluff.
Ohio
Coshocton County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bluff [Coshocton County].
Oklahoma
Choctaw County
This Bluff is located in Choctaw County and lies 3,480 miles [5,600.5 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Bluff.
Pennsylvania
Greene County
This Bluff is located in Greene County and lies 3,589 miles [5,775.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Bluff.
Texas
Fayette County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Fayette County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Bluff.
Utah
San Juan County
This Bluff is located in San Juan County and lies 2,877 miles [4,630.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Bluff.
West Virginia
Summers County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bluff [Summers County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluff ...
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.
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 Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bluff and extending to:
Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bluff to Juneau, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,736 miles [6,012.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 8 days, a buggy would take 146 days and walking would take 213 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the north (N).<10>
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bluff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 64.5728, Longitude: -163.7542 In this case, the coordinates for Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Bluff 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 . 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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Bluff to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 16.201 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 21.879 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 357.057 degrees.