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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Berlin:
41.613988, -72.772598
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 four communities that share the name Berlin.
Within Connecticut, the name Berlin is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Rensselaer County
This Berlin is located in Rensselaer County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Berlin that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Berlin.
Vermont
Washington County
This Berlin is located in Washington County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the north of the Berlin that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Berlin.
Wisconsin
Green Lake County
This Berlin is located in Green Lake County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Berlin that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Berlin.
Marathon County
This Berlin is located in Marathon County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the west northwest of the Berlin that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Berlin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berlin ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Berlin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berlin and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Berlin to Hartford, with an average speed<4> 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 292 miles [469.9 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,605 miles [9,020.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,189 miles [6,741.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berlin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Berlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6140, Longitude: -72.7726 In this case, the coordinates for Berlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Berlin 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 305.103 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.717 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.705 degrees.