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 Albany:
34.494907, -89.010808
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 found eight communities that share the name New Albany.
Within Mississippi, the name New Albany is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Floyd County
This New Albany is located in Floyd County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of New Albany.
Iowa
New Albany #
This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=34.494907&lon=-89.010808&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for New Albany.
Kansas
Wilson County
This New Albany is located in Wilson County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of New Albany.
New Jersey
Burlington County
This New Albany is located in Burlington County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of New Albany.
Nova Scotia
This New Albany lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
Ohio
Franklin County
This New Albany is located in Franklin County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of New Albany.
Mahoning County
This New Albany is located in Mahoning County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km] to the northeast of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of New Albany.
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This New Albany is located in Bradford County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Albany that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of New Albany.
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Albany ...
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.
Center (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mound City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 city such as New Albany to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Albany and extending to:
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from New Albany to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,189 miles [8,350.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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- New Albany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Albany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4949, Longitude: -89.0108 In this case, the coordinates for New Albany 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>
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.
<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 Albany to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.092 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.059 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.006 degrees.