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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 North Berne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North 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 North Berne:
- 39.705620, -82.498491
- 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 North 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since North Berne is near Hocking County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hocking County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 North Berne
Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Hideaway Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hideaway Hills is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
- Horns Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Horns Mill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Mill
- Joe ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joe is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandstone ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sandstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wacker Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wacker Heights is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker Heights
How Far From North Berne to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Berne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Berne and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Fairfield County, lies just to the West.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from North Berne to Columbus, 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 297 miles [478 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,684 miles [7,538.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- North Berne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 North 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 North Berne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7056, Longitude: -82.4985 In this case, the coordinates for North Berne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.165 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.287 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.807 degrees. |
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