Nybster is a scattered rural and crofting township, situated in Caithness and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

It is located along the A9 road, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Auckengill and 7 miles (11 km) south of John o' Groats.

[1] It is the location of the Nybster Broch, first excavated by Rev James Maxwell Joass (of Golspie in 1895[2] and again by Sir Francis Tress Barry in about 1900.

[3] A broch is an Iron Age building that is unique to Scotland.

The Caithness Broch Centre nearby provides an opportunity to learn more about the communities that lived in the brochs, those who excavated them and the communities who are still involved with them today.