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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:
- 39.136806, -80.933633
- 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 Ritchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
- Since Berea is near Doddridge County and also Gilmer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer 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.
Within West Virginia, the name Berea is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- This Berea is located in Ashley County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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.<2> 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 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Berea.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<3> 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 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Berea.
- Tennessee
- Cannon County
- This community is historic<3> 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].
- Giles County
- This Berea is located in Giles County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Berea.
- Warren County
- This Berea is located in Warren County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Berea.
- Texas
- Houston County
- This Berea is located in Houston County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 869 miles [1,398.5 km] to the west southwest of the Berea that is located in Ritchie 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 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Berea that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford 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.
- Burnt House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Forks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Hazelgreen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hazelgreen is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelgreen
- Joy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Joy is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
- Long Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Run is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Racket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Racket is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket
- Riddle ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riddle is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Slab
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Star Settlement ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Star Settlement is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Settlement
How Far From Berea 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 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:
- Harrisville, which is the Seat of Ritchie County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Berea to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 209 miles [336.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,049 miles [9,734.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,640 miles [7,467.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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: 39.1368, Longitude: -80.9336 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 310.216 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.122 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.30 degrees. |
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