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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 Berg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berg 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 Berg:
- 39.180725, -121.627467
- 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 Berg
- 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 Sutter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sutter County
- Since Berg is near Yuba County and also Santa Cruz County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Cruz 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 Berg
Communities Also Named Berg ...
We found two communities that are also named Berg.
Within California, the name Berg is unique.
Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Berg.
- Minnesota
- Rice County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Berg [Rice County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berg ...
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.
- Dean Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dean Place is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Place
- Linda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Live Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marigold ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marigold is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
- Marysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mendoza ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mendoza is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Oliver ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oliver is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Sunset
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Berg 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 Berg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Berg and extending to:
- Yuba City, which is the Seat of Sutter County, lies just to the South.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Berg to Sacramento, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,076 miles [12,997.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Berg 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Berg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Berg 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 Berg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1807, Longitude: -121.6275 In this case, the coordinates for Berg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.681 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.598 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.671 degrees. |
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