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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bayfield:
    • 41.274768, -85.706931
    • 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 Bayfield
  • 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 Kosciusko County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kosciusko County
    • Since Bayfield is near Noble County and also Whitley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noble County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whitley 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 Bayfield

Communities Also Named Bayfield ...

We found eight communities that are also named Bayfield.

Within Indiana, the name Bayfield is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, four are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • La Plata County
      • This Bayfield is located in La Plata County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the west of the Bayfield that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Bayfield.
    • Iowa
      • Muscatine County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bayfield [Muscatine County].
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bayfield [DeKalb County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bayfield lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bayfield that is located in Kosciusko County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Bayfield lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bayfield that is located in Kosciusko County.
    • Ontario
      • This Bayfield lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bayfield that is located in Kosciusko County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Bayfield lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bayfield that is located in Kosciusko County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Bayfield County
      • This Bayfield is located in Bayfield County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bayfield that is located in Kosciusko County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bayfield County community of Bayfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayfield ...

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.

  • Between-The-Lakes Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eagle Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
  • Forest Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Glen is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Highbanks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Highbanks is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbanks
  • Island Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Island Park is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
  • Lakeview Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lakeview Spring is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Spring
  • Mineral Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Silver Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Point is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Point
  • Stoneburner Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Stoneburner Landing is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneburner Landing
  • Stony Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Ridge is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
  • Yellowbanks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Yellowbanks is located in Kosciusko County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowbanks

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

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Kosciusko County, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could drive a straight line from Bayfield to Warsaw, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 486 miles [782.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,752 miles [7,647.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bayfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bayfield 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.
<3>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 Bayfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bayfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bayfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2748, Longitude: -85.7069       In this case, the coordinates for Bayfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.177 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.81 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.807 degrees.