Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bernice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bernice and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bernice
- 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 Bernice:
- 39.758251, -117.781510
- 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 Bernice
- 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 Churchill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Churchill County
- Since Bernice is near Pershing County and also Lander County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pershing County
- eBird sighting report for Lander 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 Bernice ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Bernice.
Within Nevada, the name Bernice is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- This Bernice lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bernice that is located in Churchill County.
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bernice ...
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.
- Alpine ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Bolivia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Cold Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cold Springs is located in Churchill County
- Cornish Camp ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornish Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Camp
- Cornish Camp is located in Pershing County
- Dixie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Dixie Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dixie Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Valley
- Dixie Valley is located in Churchill County
- Ravenswood ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenswood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Ravenswood is located in Lander County
- Red Top ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Bernice 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 Bernice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bernice once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bernice and extending to:
- Fallon, which is the Seat of Churchill County, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bernice to Fallon, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,158 miles [3,473 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 123 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,964 miles [12,816.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Churchill County: www.churchillcounty.org/
The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bernice) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bernice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7583, Longitude: -117.7815 In this case, the coordinates for Bernice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bernice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bernice 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Bernice to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.553 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.896 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.31 degrees. |