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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 Nilesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nilesville 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 Nilesville:
- 43.140528, -92.613519
- 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 Nilesville
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Nilesville is near Chickasaw County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chickasaw County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Nilesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nilesville ...
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.
- Charles City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chickasaw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Doubleday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Doubleday is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleday
- Floyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Howardville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Powersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Powersville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersville
- Riceville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
How Far From Nilesville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nilesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nilesville and extending to:
- Charles City, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Nilesville to Des Moines, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 861 miles [1,385.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,295 miles [10,130.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,944 miles [7,956.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Nilesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Nilesville 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 Nilesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1405, Longitude: -92.6135 In this case, the coordinates for Nilesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.825 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.375 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.766 degrees. |
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