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:
- 41.470266, -76.381628
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Bernice is near Wyoming County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Pennsylvania, the name Bernice is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, 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 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bernice that is located in Sullivan County.
- Montana
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- 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.
- Central
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Cherry Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cherry Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mills
- Cherry Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cherry Mills
- From Bernice to Cherry Mills
- Coveytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Eagles Mere
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Mere
- Eagles Mere is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagles Mere <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Eagles Mere
- From Bernice to Eagles Mere
- Elk Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evergreen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Evergreen is located in Bradford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Evergreen
- From Bernice to Evergreen
- Forksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forksville
- Forksville is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forksville <6>
- Laddsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laddsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddsburg
- Laddsburg is located in Bradford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Laddsburg
- From Bernice to Laddsburg
- Long Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Brook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Long Brook
- From Bernice to Long Brook
- Mildred
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mildred have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Mildred is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mildred <6>
- Murray
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - New Era
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- New Era is located in Bradford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to New Era
- From Bernice to New Era
- Ricketts ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ricketts. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts
- Ricketts is located in Luzerne County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ricketts
- From Bernice to Ricketts
How Far From Bernice 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 Bernice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bernice and extending to:
- Laporte, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bernice to Harrisburg, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bernice. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sullivan County: www.sullivancounty-pa.us/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 41.4703, Longitude: -76.3816 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.298 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.17 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.386 degrees. |