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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 Berlin Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berlin Center 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 Berlin Center:
- 42.900589, -85.134173
- 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 Berlin Center
- 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 Ionia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ionia County
- Since Berlin Center is near Kent County and also Eaton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eaton 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 Berlin Center
Communities Also Named Berlin Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Berlin Center.
Within Michigan, the name Berlin Center is unique.
Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Berlin Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Mahoning County
- This Berlin Center is located in Mahoning County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Berlin Center that is located in Ionia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Berlin Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berlin Center ...
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.
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coats Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Coats Grove is located in Barry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Grove
- Cooks Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corners
- Elmdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elmdale is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Freeport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frost Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Frost Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Corners
- Lyons
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Orleans is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
- Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Woods Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woods Corners is located in Ionia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corners
How Far From Berlin Center 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 Berlin Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berlin Center and extending to:
- Ionia, which is the Seat of Ionia County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Berlin Center to Lansing, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 504 miles [811.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,041 miles [9,722 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Berlin Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Center 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 Berlin Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9006, Longitude: -85.1342 In this case, the coordinates for Berlin Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.765 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.579 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.009 degrees. |
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