Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bluff Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bluff Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bluff Springs
- 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 Springs:
- 30.157712, -97.768893
- 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 Bluff Springs
- 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 Travis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Travis County
- Since Bluff Springs is near Hays County and also Bastrop County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hays County
- eBird sighting report for Bastrop 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bluff Springs ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Bluff Springs.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Bluff Springs.
Beyond Texas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Hays County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Hays County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hays County community of Bluff Springs.
- Parker 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 Texas community of Bluff Springs [Parker County].
- Hays County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Clay County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Bluff Springs.
- Coffee County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Coffee County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the east of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Bluff Springs.
- Arkansas
- Howard County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bluff Springs [Howard County].
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Escambia County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<3> to the east of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Bluff Springs.
- Illinois
- Cass County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Cass County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Bluff Springs.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bluff Springs [Attala County].
- Kemper County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Kemper County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kemper County community of Bluff Springs.
- Panola County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Panola County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km] to the east northeast of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Bluff Springs.
- Tennessee
- Warren County
- This Bluff Springs is located in Warren County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Bluff Springs that is located in Travis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Bluff Springs.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluff Springs ...
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.
- Carl
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Ford Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Onion Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onion Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
- Onion Creek is located in Travis County
- Pilot Knob
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Pilot Knob is located in Travis County
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Travis County
- Shady Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Shady Hollow is located in Travis County
- Sunset Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Valley
- Sunset Valley is located in Travis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset Valley <5>
How Far From Bluff Springs 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 Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bluff Springs and extending to:
- Austin, which is the Seat of Travis County, lies just to the North.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bluff Springs to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 75 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,889 miles [12,696.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bluff Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Travis County: www.co.travis.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bluff Springs 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> | 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 Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bluff Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1577, Longitude: -97.7689 In this case, the coordinates for Bluff Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bluff Springs 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 320.218 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.483 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.339 degrees. |