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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 Buffington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buffington and the surrounding area.
- 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 Buffington:
- 41.637258, -87.425874
- 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 Buffington
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Buffington is near Cook County and also Porter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cook County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Porter 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 Buffington
Communities Also Named Buffington ...
We found six communities that are also named Buffington.
Within Indiana, the name Buffington is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- This Buffington is located in Cherokee County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Buffington that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Buffington.
- Minnesota
- Polk 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 Minnesota community of Buffington [Polk County].
- Missouri
- Stoddard County
- This Buffington is located in Stoddard County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Buffington that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Buffington.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Buffington is located in Fayette County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Buffington that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Buffington.
- Indiana 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 Pennsylvania community of Buffington [Indiana County].
- West Virginia
- Wood 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 West Virginia community of Buffington [Wood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buffington ...
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.
- Black Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Black Oak is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Gary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gerry Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gerry Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerry Park
- Glen Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Park is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
- Globe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Greenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Indiana Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Indiana Harbor is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Harbor
- Irondale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Ivanhoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ivanhoe is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Liverpool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Munster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Buffington to ...
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 Buffington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buffington and extending to:
- Crown Point, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buffington to Crown Point, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 578 miles [930.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buffington) 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 Buffington 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Buffington 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 Buffington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6373, Longitude: -87.4259 In this case, the coordinates for Buffington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.30 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.142 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.535 degrees. |
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