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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 Berne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berne 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 Berne:
- 44.163575, -92.779360
- 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 Berne
- 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 Dodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Since Berne is near Goodhue County and also Olmsted County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Olmsted 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 Berne
Communities Also Named Berne ...
We found eight communities that are also named Berne.
Within Minnesota, the name Berne is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Adams County
- This Berne is located in Adams County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Berne.
- Iowa
- Crawford County
- This Berne is located in Crawford County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Berne.
- Michigan
- Huron County
- This Berne is located in Huron County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the east of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Berne.
- New York
- Albany County
- This Berne is located in Albany County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the east of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Berne.
- Ohio
- Noble 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 Ohio community of Berne [Noble County].
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Berne is located in Berks County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the east of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Berne.
- South Dakota
- Custer County
- This Berne is located in Custer County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the west of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Berne.
- Washington
- Chelan County
- This Berne is located in Chelan County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Berne that is located in Dodge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chelan County community of Berne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berne ...
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.
- Bombay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bombay is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
- Danesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Danesville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danesville
- Dodge Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Forest Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Mills is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
- Pine Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Post Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Post Town is located in Olmsted County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Town
- Skyberg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Skyberg is located in Goodhue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyberg
How Far From Berne 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 Berne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berne and extending to:
- Mantorville, which is the Seat of Dodge County, lies just to the South.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Berne to Saint Paul, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 889 miles [1,430.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,904 miles [7,892.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berne) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Berne 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 Berne 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 Berne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1636, Longitude: -92.7794 In this case, the coordinates for Berne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.95 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.656 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.592 degrees. |
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