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 Berkley:
36.831815, -76.283829
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 eight communities that are also named Berkley.
Within Virginia, the name Berkley is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Berkley is located in Madison County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Berkley.
Colorado
Adams County
This Berkley is located in Adams County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Berkley.
Iowa
Boone County
This Berkley is located in Boone County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Berkley.
Kentucky
Carlisle County
This Berkley is located in Carlisle County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carlisle County community of Berkley.
Maryland
Harford County
This Berkley is located in Harford County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Berkley.
Massachusetts
Bristol County
This Berkley is located in Bristol County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Berkley.
Michigan
Oakland County
This Berkley is located in Oakland County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Berkley.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Berkley is located in Berks County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Berkley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Berkley ...
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.
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 Berkley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Berkley and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Berkley to Richmond, with an average speed<2>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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,952 miles [9,578.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Berkley) 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 Berkley 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 Berkley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8318, Longitude: -76.2838 In this case, the coordinates for Berkley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.573 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.763 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.19 degrees.