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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 New Berlin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Berlin and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 New Berlin:
    • 30.398573, -81.552592
    • 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 New Berlin
  • 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 New Berlin ...

We found eight communities that share the name New Berlin.

Within Florida, the name New Berlin is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This New Berlin is located in Sangamon County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the New Berlin that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of New Berlin.
    • New York
      • Chenango County
      • This New Berlin is located in Chenango County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Berlin that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of New Berlin.
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • This New Berlin is located in Columbus County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Berlin that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of New Berlin.
    • Ohio
      • Erie County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Erie County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of New Berlin.
      • Stark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of New Berlin [Stark County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Union County
      • This New Berlin is located in Union County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the north northeast of the New Berlin that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of New Berlin.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • This New Berlin is located in Guadalupe County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<1> to the west of the New Berlin that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of New Berlin.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waukesha County
      • This New Berlin is located in Waukesha County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the New Berlin that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of New Berlin.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New 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.

  • Chaseville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaseville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
    • Chaseville is located in Duval County
  • Cosmo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cosmo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cosmo
    • Cosmo is located in Duval County
  • Dames Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dames Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dames Point
    • Dames Point is located in Duval County
  • Floral Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floral Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Bluff
    • Floral Bluff is located in Duval County
  • John Christopher Grant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Christopher Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Christopher Grant
    • John Christopher Grant is located in Duval County
  • John F Brown Grant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John F Brown Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John F Brown Grant
    • John F Brown Grant is located in Duval County
  • John G Rushing Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John G Rushing Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John G Rushing Grant
    • John G Rushing Grant is located in Duval County
  • Joseph Fenwick Grant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph Fenwick Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Fenwick Grant
    • Joseph Fenwick Grant is located in Duval County
  • Joseph Lowrey Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph Lowrey Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Lowrey Grant
    • Joseph Lowrey Grant is located in Duval County
  • Panama Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panama Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama Park
    • Panama Park is located in Duval County
  • Pearl Court
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Court
    • Pearl Court is located in Duval County
  • Polly Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polly Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Town
    • Polly Town is located in Duval County
  • Sandalwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandalwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
    • Sandalwood is located in Duval County
  • Yellow Bluff Fort
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellow Bluff Fort have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Bluff Fort
    • Yellow Bluff Fort is located in Duval County

How Far From New Berlin 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 New Berlin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Berlin and extending to:

  • Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from New Berlin to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than 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 640 miles [1,030 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,145 miles [11,498.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,037 miles [8,106.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Berlin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Berlin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Berlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3986, Longitude: -81.5526       In this case, the coordinates for New Berlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 New Berlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 New Berlin 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.
<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 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.
<6>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 Berlin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.499 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.184 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.052 degrees.




 

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