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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 Buffalo Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buffalo Springs 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 Buffalo Springs:
    • 36.486693, -102.759362
    • 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 Buffalo Springs
  • 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 Buffalo Springs ...

We found ten communities that share the name Buffalo Springs.

There are three communities within Texas that are also named Buffalo Springs.

Beyond Texas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Clay County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Clay County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Buffalo Springs.
    • Comal County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Comal County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comal County community of Buffalo Springs.
    • Lubbock County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Lubbock County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lubbock County community of Buffalo Springs.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Park 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 Colorado community of Buffalo Springs [Park County].
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKinley County community of Buffalo Springs.
    • North Dakota
      • Bowman County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Bowman County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the north of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowman County community of Buffalo Springs.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Lebanon County and lies 1,448 miles [2,330.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Buffalo Springs.
    • Tennessee
      • Grainger County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Grainger County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<1> to the east of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Buffalo Springs.
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the east of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Buffalo Springs.
      • Nelson County
      • This Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km] to the east of the Buffalo Springs that is located in Dallam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Buffalo Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buffalo 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.

  • Coldwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coldwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
    • Coldwater is located in Dallam County
  • Felt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Moses
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
    • Moses is located in Union County (NM)
  • Windy Hill
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
    • Windy Hill is located in Dallam County

How Far From Buffalo 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 Buffalo Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Buffalo Springs and extending to:

  • Dalhart, which is the Seat of Dallam County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buffalo Springs to Dalhart, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 517 miles [832 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 81 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,989 miles [11,247.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,744 miles [12,462.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Buffalo Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Dallam County: www.dallam.org/county/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Buffalo Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buffalo Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4867, Longitude: -102.7594       In this case, the coordinates for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Buffalo 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>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.
<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 Buffalo Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 324.551 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.357 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.133 degrees.




 

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