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 Berkeley Hills:
37.259869, -76.730513
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.
We found four communities that share the name Berkeley Hills.
Within Virginia, the name Berkeley Hills is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Gwinnett County
This Berkeley Hills is located in Gwinnett County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Berkeley Hills.
Kansas
Lyon County
This Berkeley Hills is located in Lyon County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Berkeley Hills.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Berkeley Hills is located in Allegheny County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Berkeley Hills.
South Carolina
Berkeley County
This Berkeley Hills is located in Berkeley County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Berkeley Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berkeley Hills ...
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.
Five Forks (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Berkeley Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berkeley Hills and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Berkeley Hills to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Berkeley Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Berkeley Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2599, Longitude: -76.7305 In this case, the coordinates for Berkeley Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Berkeley Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.806 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.093 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.208 degrees.