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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 New Buffalo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Buffalo 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 New Buffalo:
    • 41.794031, -86.743652
    • 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 New Buffalo
  • 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 New Buffalo ...

We found five communities that share the name New Buffalo.

Within Michigan, the name New Buffalo is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • This New Buffalo is located in Linn County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west of the New Buffalo that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of New Buffalo.
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Finney County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of New Buffalo.
      • Gray 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 New Buffalo [Gray County].
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the east of the New Buffalo that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of New Buffalo.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Perry County
      • This New Buffalo is located in Perry County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the east of the New Buffalo that is located in Berrien County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of New Buffalo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Buffalo ...

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.

  • Duneland Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duneland Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Beach
    • Duneland Beach is located in LaPorte County (IN)
  • Gordon Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Beach
    • Gordon Beach is located in Berrien County
  • Grand Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
    • Grand Beach is located in Berrien County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
  • Hooks Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
    • Hooks Corner is located in Berrien County
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Berrien County
  • Long Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
    • Long Beach is located in LaPorte County (IN)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <5>
  • Three Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
    • Three Oaks is located in Berrien County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Three Oaks <5>
  • Union Pier
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Pier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Pier
    • Union Pier is located in Berrien County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Pier <5>

How Far From New Buffalo 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 city such as New Buffalo to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Saint Joseph, which is the Seat of Berrien County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Buffalo to Saint Joseph, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 548 miles [881.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,153 miles [9,902.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Buffalo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Buffalo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7940, Longitude: -86.7437    
<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 New Buffalo, 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 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 New Buffalo 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>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 New Buffalo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.849 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.65 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.154 degrees.




 

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