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Welcome to Bel Air Estates ...

Bel Air Estates is located in Madison County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bel Air Estates: Bel Air Ests.

Bel Air Estates is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bel Air Estates lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Bel Air Estates and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Bel Air Estates: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Bel Air Estates ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Bel Air Estates: This one is located in Madison County and the other is located in Tuscaloosa County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bel Air Estates.

Communities near Bel Air Estates ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bel Air Estates.

  • Huntsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • New Hope
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Owens' Cross Roads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Triana
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Triana is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
  • Gurley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Somerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Somerville is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
  • Woodville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Paint Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Union Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bel Air Estates. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bel Air Estates.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bel Air Estates. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bel Air Estates.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bel Air Estates. See our Newspapers Page for Bel Air Estates.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bel Air Estates ...

Looking for more information about Bel Air Estates? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bel Air Estates, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bel Air Estates.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bel Air Estates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Bel Air Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Bel Air Estates area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.