Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Berginville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berginville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Berginville

• 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 Berginville:
  • 32.284596, -84.589364
  • 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 Berginville

• 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Since Berginville is near Chattahoochee County and also Stewart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chattahoochee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart 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 Berginville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Berginville ...

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.

• Blueville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Blueville is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueville
• Christopher
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Christopher is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
• Elmview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmview is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmview
• Gobblers Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Gobblers Hill is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobblers Hill
• Green Hill ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Green Hill is located in Stewart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Hoggs ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hoggs is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoggs
• Manta
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Manta is located in Chattahoochee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manta
• Shady Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove is located in Stewart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Slaughter Creek ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Slaughter Creek is located in Stewart County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Creek
• Union
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Berginville and extending to:

• Buena Vista, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Berginville to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,213 miles [11,608.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'