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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 Berkey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berkey 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 Berkey:
- 41.715477, -83.839773
- 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 Berkey
- 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 Lucas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Since Berkey is near Lenawee County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lenawee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Berkey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berkey ...
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.
- Assumption
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centennial ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Champion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Champion is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Dutch Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Ridge is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Ridge
- Haven Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Haven Park is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mulberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mulberry is located in Lenawee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Sandburr Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sandburr Corners is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandburr Corners
- Silica
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silica is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Townline ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Townline is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townline
- Treadway ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Treadway is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway
How Far From Berkey 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 village such as Berkey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Berkey and extending to:
- Toledo, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Berkey to Toledo, with an average speed<2> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 407 miles [655 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,048 miles [9,733.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- 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).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Berkey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Berkey 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 Berkey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7155, Longitude: -83.8398 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.959 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.488 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.769 degrees. |
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