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Communities Also Named Bluff Creek ...

We found seven communities that share the name Bluff Creek.

Within Manitoba, the name Bluff Creek is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bluff Creek [Humboldt County].
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Bluff Creek is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Bluff Creek.
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • This Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Bluff Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Monroe County
      • This Bluff Creek is located in Monroe County and lies 726 miles [1,168.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Bluff Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Harper County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bluff Creek [Harper County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • This Bluff Creek is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 1,445 miles [2,325.5 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Bluff Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Smith County
      • This Bluff Creek is located in Smith County and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Bluff Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluff Creek ...

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.

  • Dog Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dog Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Creek
  • Ebb and Flow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grass River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass River
  • Hayland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayland
  • Pebble Beach
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebble Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
  • Reedy Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedy Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy Creek
  • Sandy Bay
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Scotch Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bay
  • Silver Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge

How Far From Bluff Creek 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 Bluff Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Bluff Creek to Winnipeg, 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 three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bluff Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Creek 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.
<2>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- Bluff Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bluff Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.8167, Longitude: -98.8339    
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Bluff Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.327 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.482 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.317 degrees.




 

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