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 Augusta:
39.883375, -86.238602
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 New Augusta
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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that are also named New Augusta.
Within Indiana, the name New Augusta is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Woodruff County
This New Augusta is located in Woodruff County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Augusta that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of New Augusta.
Mississippi
Perry County
This New Augusta is located in Perry County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New Augusta that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of New Augusta.
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Augusta ...
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.
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 New Augusta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Augusta and extending to:
Indianapolis, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Augusta to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 495 miles [796.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,833 miles [7,778 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Augusta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Augusta 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 New Augusta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8834, Longitude: -86.2386 In this case, the coordinates for New Augusta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.529 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.011 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.47 degrees.