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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 Bluffton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluffton 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 Bluffton:
- 40.894670, -83.890217
- 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 Bluffton
- 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 Allen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen County
- Since Bluffton is near Hancock County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Bluffton
Communities Also Named Bluffton ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Bluffton.
Within Ohio, the name Bluffton is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- This Bluffton is located in Cherokee County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the south of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Bluffton.
- Alberta
- This Bluffton lies 1,635 miles [2,631.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- Arkansas
- Yell County
- This Bluffton is located in Yell County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Bluffton.
- Florida
- Volusia County
- This Bluffton is located in Volusia County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the south of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Bluffton.
- Georgia
- Clay County
- This Bluffton is located in Clay County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the south of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Bluffton.
- Indiana
- Wells County
- This Bluffton is located in Wells County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wells County community of Bluffton.
- Iowa
- Winneshiek County
- This Bluffton is located in Winneshiek County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winneshiek County community of Bluffton.
- Kansas
- Coffey 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 Kansas community of Bluffton [Coffey County].
- Ottawa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bluffton [Ottawa County].
- Michigan
- Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Bluffton [Muskegon County].
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- This Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Bluffton.
- Missouri
- Montgomery County
- This Bluffton is located in Montgomery County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bluffton.
- Ray County
- Although located in Ray County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Bluffton.
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Bluffton is located in Beaufort County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Bluffton.
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- This Bluffton is located in Cocke County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the south of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Bluffton.
- Texas
- Llano County
- This Bluffton is located in Llano County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bluffton that is located in Allen County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Bluffton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluffton ...
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.
- Beagle ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Beagle is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Beaverdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Huntersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Martinstown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Martinstown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinstown
- Maysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maysville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- New Stark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Stark is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Stark
- Rockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Slabtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
How Far From Bluffton 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 village such as Bluffton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bluffton and extending to:
- Lima, which is the Seat of Allen County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bluffton to Lima, 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bluffton) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bluffton 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 Bluffton 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 Bluffton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8947, Longitude: -83.8902 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.014 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.43 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.062 degrees. |
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