Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bluff City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluff City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bluff City
- 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 Bluff City:
- 40.179898, -90.231386
- 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 Bluff City
- 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 Schuyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
- Since Bluff City is near Mason County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mason County
- eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Bluff City ...
We found ten communities that share the name Bluff City.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Bluff City.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Fayette County
- This Bluff City is located in Fayette County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bluff City that is located in Schuyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Bluff City.
- Fayette County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Morgan 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 Alabama community of Bluff City [Morgan County].
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- This Bluff City is located in Nevada County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bluff City that is located in Schuyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Bluff City.
- Kansas
- Harper County
- This Bluff City is located in Harper County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bluff City that is located in Schuyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harper County community of Bluff City.
- Sumner 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 Kansas community of Bluff City [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Henderson County
- This Bluff City is located in Henderson County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bluff City that is located in Schuyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Bluff City.
- Nebraska
- Gage County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Gage County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gage County community of Bluff City.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Bluff City is located in Sullivan County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bluff City that is located in Schuyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Bluff City.
- Texas
- Houston 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 Texas community of Bluff City [Houston County].
- Virginia
- Giles County
- This Bluff City is located in Giles County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bluff City that is located in Schuyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Bluff City.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluff City ...
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.
- Bath
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bath have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bath is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <5>
- Chandlerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlerville
- Chandlerville is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chandlerville <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Chandlerville
- From Bluff City to Chandlerville
- Clear Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Clear Lake is located in Cass County
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Long Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Branch. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Long Branch is located in Mason County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Long Branch
- From Bluff City to Long Branch
- Marbletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marbletown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Marbletown
- From Bluff City to Marbletown
- Moscow ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Otto ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Wolf Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Bluff City 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 Bluff City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bluff City and extending to:
- Rushville, which is the Seat of Schuyler County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bluff City to Rushville, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,361 miles [10,237 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,984 miles [8,021 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bluff City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bluff City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bluff City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1799, Longitude: -90.2314 In this case, the coordinates for Bluff City 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 City, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 City 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.145 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.049 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.296 degrees. |