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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 Bluff Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluff Point 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 Bluff Point:
- 42.614236, -77.103582
- 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 Bluff Point
- 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 Yates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
- Since Bluff Point is near Steuben County and also Schuyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler 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 Bluff Point
Communities Also Named Bluff Point ...
We found four communities that are also named Bluff Point.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Bluff Point.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Clinton 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 New York community of Bluff Point [Clinton County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Jay County
- This Bluff Point is located in Jay County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Bluff Point that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jay County community of Bluff Point.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Bluff Point is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the south of the Bluff Point that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Bluff Point.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Bluff Point.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluff Point ...
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.
- Dundee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friend
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Friend is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
- Havens Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Havens Corner is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corner
- Himrod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Italy Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Italy Hill is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hill
- Mays Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
- Porter Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Porter Corner is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Corner
- Potter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Randall Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Randall Crossing is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Crossing
- Second Milo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
- Willow Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Bluff Point 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 Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bluff Point and extending to:
- Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bluff Point to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 256 miles [412 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,339 miles [6,982.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Point 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bluff Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bluff Point 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 Bluff Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6142, Longitude: -77.1036 In this case, the coordinates for Bluff Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.636 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.735 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.231 degrees. |
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