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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:
    • 40.452585, -76.968588
    • 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 Pennsylvania, the name New Buffalo is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, 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 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Buffalo that is located in Perry 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 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Buffalo that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of New Buffalo.
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This New Buffalo is located in Mahoning County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Buffalo that is located in Perry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning 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.

  • Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
    • Cove is located in Perry County
  • Ellendale Forge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellendale Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale Forge
    • Ellendale Forge is located in Dauphin County
  • Enders
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
    • Enders is located in Dauphin County
  • Enterline
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterline
    • Enterline is located in Dauphin County
  • Fisherville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisherville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
    • Fisherville is located in Dauphin County
  • Half Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Falls
    • Half Falls is located in Perry County
  • Marysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Marysville is located in Perry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <5>
  • Mount Patrick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Patrick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Patrick
    • Mount Patrick is located in Perry County
  • Reservoir Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reservoir Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Heights
    • Reservoir Heights is located in Dauphin County
  • Rose Glen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
    • Rose Glen is located in Perry County
  • Singersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singersville
    • Singersville is located in Dauphin County
  • Stone Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Glen
    • Stone Glen is located in Dauphin County

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:

  • New Bloomfield, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from New Buffalo to New Bloomfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,829 miles [9,380.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,416 miles [7,106.9 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 Perry County: www.perryco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Buffalo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4526, Longitude: -76.9686       In this case, the coordinates for New Buffalo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 307.739 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.51 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.07 degrees.




 

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