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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 New Lisbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Lisbon 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 New Lisbon:
    • 40.243657, -84.824407
    • 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 Lisbon
  • 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Since New Lisbon is near Darke County and also Jay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jay 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 New Lisbon

Communities Also Named New Lisbon ...

We found six communities that are also named New Lisbon.

There is one other community in Indiana that is also named New Lisbon.

Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Henry County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Henry County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Lisbon that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of New Lisbon.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Renville 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 Minnesota community of New Lisbon [Renville County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Burlington County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east of the New Lisbon that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of New Lisbon.
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Otsego County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Lisbon that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of New Lisbon.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana 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 Ohio community of New Lisbon [Columbiana County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Juneau County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Juneau County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the New Lisbon that is located in Randolph County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of New Lisbon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Lisbon ...

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.

  • Boundary City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Boundary City is located in Jay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
  • Bucks Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bucks Corner is located in Darke County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
  • Haysville Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
  • Hill Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill Grove is located in Darke County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
  • Lightsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lightsville is located in Darke County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
  • Randolph
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Randolph is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Roe Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Roe Corners is located in Darke County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Corners
  • Rose Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill is located in Darke County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Union City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)

How Far From New Lisbon 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 New Lisbon to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Winchester, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from New Lisbon to Winchester, with an average speed<4> 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 424 miles [682.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- New Lisbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 New Lisbon 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 New Lisbon 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 Lisbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2437, Longitude: -84.8244       In this case, the coordinates for New Lisbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.621 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.027 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.704 degrees.