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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 Berea, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berea 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 Berea:
    • 35.258412, -86.968339
    • 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 Berea
  • 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
    • Since Berea is near Marshall County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Berea

Communities Also Named Berea ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Berea.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Berea.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Cannon County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Berea [Cannon County].
    • Warren County
      • This Berea is located in Warren County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Berea.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Berea is located in Ashley County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Berea.
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • This Berea is located in Adair County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Berea.
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Berea [Franklin County].
    • Kentucky
      • Madison County
      • This Berea is located in Madison County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Berea.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Berea [Attala County].
    • Nebraska
      • Box Butte County
      • This Berea is located in Box Butte County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Butte County community of Berea.
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This Berea is located in Orange County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<2> to the northeast of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Berea.
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Berea is located in Granville County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the east of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Berea.
    • North Dakota
      • Barnes County
      • This Berea is located in Barnes County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnes County community of Berea.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Berea is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Berea.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Berea is located in Greenville County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the east of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Berea.
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • This Berea is located in Houston County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Berea.
      • Marion County
      • This Berea is located in Marion County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km] to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Berea.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Berea is located in Stafford County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Berea.
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Berea is located in Ritchie County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Berea that is located in Giles County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Berea.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Berea ...

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.

  • Blooming Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blooming Grove is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
  • Brick Church
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Brick Church is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Church
  • Crescent View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Crescent View is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent View
  • Diana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Diana is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Friendship is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Gordon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordon is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,192 people
  • Green Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Happy Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Happy Hill is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
  • Krapp Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Krapp Spring is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krapp Spring
  • Riversburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Riversburg is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversburg

How Far From Berea 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 Berea to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berea and extending to:

  • Pulaski, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Berea to Nashville, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 601 miles [967.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Berea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Berea) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Berea 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>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 Berea 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 Berea. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2584, Longitude: -86.9683       In this case, the coordinates for Berea have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.873 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.755 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.981 degrees.