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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 Berwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berwick 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 Berwick:
- 43.265948, -70.864118
- 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 Berwick
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Berwick is near Strafford County and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Strafford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Berwick
Communities Also Named Berwick ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Berwick.
Within Maine, the name Berwick is unique.
Beyond Maine, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- This Berwick is located in Clay County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Berwick.
- Illinois
- Warren County
- This Berwick is located in Warren County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the west of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Berwick.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Berwick is located in Polk County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the west of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Berwick.
- Kansas
- Nemaha County
- This Berwick is located in Nemaha County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the west of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Berwick.
- Saline 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 Kansas community of Berwick [Saline County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- This Berwick is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,461 miles [2,351.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Berwick.
- Mississippi
- Amite County
- This Berwick is located in Amite County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Berwick.
- Missouri
- Newton County
- This Berwick is located in Newton County and lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<1> to the west of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Berwick.
- New Brunswick
- This Berwick lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- North Dakota
- McHenry County
- This Berwick is located in McHenry County and lies 1,447 miles [2,328.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Berwick.
- Nova Scotia
- This Berwick lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- This Berwick is located in Seneca County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the west of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Berwick.
- Ontario
- This Berwick lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia County
- This Berwick is located in Columbia County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Berwick that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Berwick.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berwick ...
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.
- Crocketts Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crocketts Crossing is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts Crossing
- Dover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Five Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Foundry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Foundry is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry
- Gates Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gates Corner is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Corner
- Grays Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Grays Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
- Great Works
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Great Works is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Works
- Parsonage Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parsonage Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonage Corner
- Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rosemary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemary is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Scotland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scotland is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
How Far From Berwick 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 Berwick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berwick and extending to:
- Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Berwick to Alfred, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,461 miles [8,788.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,047 miles [6,513 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Berwick) 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 Berwick 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Berwick 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 Berwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2659, Longitude: -70.8641 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.717 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.434 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.01 degrees. |
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