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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 Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluff Center 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 Center:
- 42.920828, -97.089216
- 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 Center
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Bluff Center is near Yankton County and also Cedar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yankton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cedar 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 Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluff Center ...
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.
- Clay Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Clay Point is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Point
- Gayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Estimated population in 2014: 40 people
- Hub City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hub City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Irene
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marshalltown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marshalltown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Mission Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Star Corner ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Star Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Corner
- Wynot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Bluff Center 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 community such as Bluff Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Bluff Center once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bluff Center and extending to:
- Vermillion, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bluff Center to Vermillion, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bluff Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bluff Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Center 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 Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9208, Longitude: -97.0892 In this case, the coordinates for Bluff Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.96 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.198 degrees. |
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