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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.
- 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:
- 40.988115, -80.712299
- 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 New Buffalo
- 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 Mahoning County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Since New Buffalo is near Columbiana County and also Trumbull County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull 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 New Buffalo
Communities Also Named New Buffalo ...
We found five communities that are also named New Buffalo.
Within Ohio, the name New Buffalo is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Linn County
- This New Buffalo is located in Linn County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west of the New Buffalo that is located in Mahoning 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].
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- This New Buffalo is located in Berrien County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Buffalo that is located in Mahoning County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of New Buffalo.
- Pennsylvania
- Perry County
- This New Buffalo is located in Perry County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the east of the New Buffalo that is located in Mahoning 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.
- Boardman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- Dublin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dublin is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Eureka
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Herbert Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Herbert Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert Corners
- Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Island is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Lynns Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lynns Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynns Corners
- Paradise
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Paradise is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Porters Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Porters Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corners
- Toots Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Toots Corners is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toots Corners
How Far From New Buffalo 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 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:
- Youngstown, which is the Seat of Mahoning County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from New Buffalo to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Buffalo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Buffalo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9881, Longitude: -80.7123 In this case, the coordinates for New Buffalo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.004 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.16 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.552 degrees. |
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