Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in West Berlin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Berlin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for West Berlin
- 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 West Berlin:
- 39.808726, -74.941277
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on West Berlin
- 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Since West Berlin is near Burlington County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Burlington County
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named West Berlin ...
We found five communities that share the name West Berlin.
Within New Jersey, the name West Berlin is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of West Berlin [Worcester County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- This West Berlin is located in Worcester County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the West Berlin that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of West Berlin.
- Nova Scotia
- This West Berlin lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the West Berlin that is located in Camden County.
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This West Berlin is located in Delaware County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<2> to the west of the West Berlin that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of West Berlin.
- Vermont
- Washington County
- This West Berlin is located in Washington County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<2> to the north northeast of the West Berlin that is located in Camden County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of West Berlin.
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Berlin ...
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.
- Bishops
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Cherry Downs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Downs
- Cherry Downs is located in Camden County
- Cherrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cherrywood is located in Camden County
- Crowfoot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Dicktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Downs Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downs Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Farms
- Downs Farms is located in Camden County
- Echelon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Evans Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Evans Corner is located in Burlington County
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Greenland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Heritage Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Heritage Village is located in Burlington County
- Hickstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Ivystone Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivystone Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivystone Farms
- Ivystone Farms is located in Camden County
- Lambs Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambs Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Terrace
- Lambs Terrace is located in Camden County
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Camden County
- New Freedom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
- New Freedom is located in Camden County
- Reed Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Crossing
- Reed Crossing is located in Camden County
- Union Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Burlington County
- Willow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge
- Willow Ridge is located in Burlington County
- Ivystone Farms
How Far From West Berlin 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 West Berlin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Berlin and extending to:
- Camden, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Berlin to Camden, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Berlin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Camden County: www.camdencounty.com/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 West Berlin 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. |
| <2> | 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- West Berlin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Berlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8087, Longitude: -74.9413 In this case, the coordinates for West Berlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 West Berlin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.585 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.101 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.46 degrees. |