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 Nisbet:
38.146155, -87.652800
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.
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 Vanderburgh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found one communities that share the name Nisbet.
Within Indiana, the name Nisbet is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Nisbet in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Pennsylvania
Lycoming County
This Nisbet is located in Lycoming County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Nisbet that is located in Vanderburgh County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Nisbet.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nisbet ...
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.
Crossroads ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Nisbet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nisbet and extending to:
Evansville, which is the Seat of Vanderburgh County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nisbet to Evansville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 575 miles [925.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,968 miles [7,995.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Nisbet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nisbet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1462, Longitude: -87.6528 In this case, the coordinates for Nisbet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Nisbet 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 314.409 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.775 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.587 degrees.