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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 Berry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berry 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 Berry:
- 39.713105, -89.470925
- 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 Berry
- 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 Sangamon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sangamon County
- Since Berry is near Christian County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Berry
Communities Also Named Berry ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Berry.
Within Illinois, the name Berry is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Fayette County
- This Berry is located in Fayette County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Berry.
- Alaska
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Berry.
- Arizona
- Mohave County
- This Berry is located in Mohave County and lies 1,372 miles [2,208 km]<1> to the west of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Berry.
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Berry [Baxter County].
- Florida
- Polk County
- This Berry is located in Polk County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Berry.
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Berry [Bingham County].
- Kentucky
- Carter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Berry [Carter County].
- Harrison County
- This Berry is located in Harrison County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Berry.
- Maryland
- Charles County
- This Berry is located in Charles County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the east of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Berry.
- Michigan
- Muskegon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Berry [Muskegon County].
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Berry [Rockingham County].
- Oklahoma
- Cleveland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Berry [Cleveland County].
- Quebec
- This Berry lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Berry [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- This Berry is located in Dickson County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Berry that is located in Sangamon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Berry.
- Texas
- Bowie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Berry [Bowie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berry ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blueville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueville
- Bolivia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bolivia is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivia
- Cascade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cascade is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Clear Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Cotton Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cotton Hill is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grove City is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Mechanicsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mildred
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mildred is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- New City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New City is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- Shale Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shale Bluff is located in Sangamon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale Bluff
How Far From Berry 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 Berry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berry and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Sangamon County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Berry to Springfield, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,356 miles [10,229 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Berry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Berry 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> | 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 Berry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Berry 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 Berry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7131, Longitude: -89.4709 In this case, the coordinates for Berry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.629 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.394 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.044 degrees. |
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