Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Berkshire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berkshire and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Berkshire
- 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 Berkshire:
- 41.408707, -73.259560
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Berkshire
- 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since Berkshire is near New Haven County and also Litchfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- eBird sighting report for Litchfield 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Berkshire ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Berkshire.
Within Connecticut, the name Berkshire is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Berkshire is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Berkshire that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Berkshire.
- Prince George's County
- This Berkshire is located in Prince George's County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southwest of the Berkshire that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Berkshire.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New York
- Fulton County
- This Berkshire is located in Fulton County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Berkshire that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Berkshire.
- Tioga County
- This Berkshire is located in Tioga County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the west northwest of the Berkshire that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Berkshire.
- Ohio
- Vermont
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berkshire ...
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.
- Cedar Land
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Land
- Cedar Land is located in New Haven County
- Dodgingtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgingtown
- Dodgingtown is located in Fairfield County
- Hattertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattertown
- Hattertown is located in Fairfield County
- Heritage Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Heritage Village is located in New Haven County
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Huntingtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingtown
- Huntingtown is located in Fairfield County
- Kettletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettletown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettletown
- Kettletown is located in New Haven County
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Pootatuck Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pootatuck Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pootatuck Park
- Pootatuck Park is located in Fairfield County
- Quaker Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Farms
- Quaker Farms is located in New Haven County
- Rocky Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Glen
- Rocky Glen is located in Fairfield County
- Russian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Russian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russian Village
- Russian Village is located in Litchfield County
- Sandy Hook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Hook <5>
- Shady Rest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest
- Shady Rest is located in Fairfield County
How Far From Berkshire to ...
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 community such as Berkshire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berkshire and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Berkshire to Hartford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,218 miles [6,788.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Berkshire. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Berkshire, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Berkshire 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Berkshire) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Berkshire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4087, Longitude: -73.2596 In this case, the coordinates for Berkshire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Berkshire to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.42 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.04 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.018 degrees. |