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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 Nibbyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nibbyville 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 Nibbyville:
- 41.713939, -85.860829
- 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 Nibbyville
- 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 Elkhart County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elkhart County
- Since Nibbyville is near Cass County and also Saint Joseph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Joseph 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 Nibbyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nibbyville ...
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.
- Corey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Corey is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- De Camp Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- De Camp Gardens is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp Gardens
- Diamond Shores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Shores is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Shores
- Eagle Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Point is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Edwardsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Garden Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jones
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- New Paris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Beach is located in Cass County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- White Pigeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Nibbyville 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 Nibbyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nibbyville and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Elkhart County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Nibbyville to Goshen, 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 503 miles [809.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,124 miles [9,855.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,740 miles [7,628.3 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 '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- Nibbyville) 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 Nibbyville 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 Nibbyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7139, Longitude: -85.8608 In this case, the coordinates for Nibbyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.271 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.98 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.747 degrees. |
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