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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 Belser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belser 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 Belser:
- 34.547046, -90.693998
- 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 Belser
- 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 Phillips County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Phillips County
- Since Belser is near Lee County and also Coahoma County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coahoma 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 Belser
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belser ...
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.
- Blackfoot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackfoot is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Cypress Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Corner is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Corner
- Eagle Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eagle Landing is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Landing
- Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Helena Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Helena Crossing is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena Crossing
- Holiday Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holiday Hills is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Maple Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maple Corner is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
- Pillar
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pillar is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar
- Poplar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Trotter Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Trotter Landing is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Landing
- Walnut Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Corner is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Corner
- Wycamp
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wycamp is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wycamp
How Far From Belser to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Belser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Belser once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Belser and extending to:
- Helena, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Belser to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 6 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 812 miles [1,306.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,659 miles [10,716.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,382 miles [11,880.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,258 miles [8,461.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Belser, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belser) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Belser 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 Belser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5470, Longitude: -90.6940 In this case, the coordinates for Belser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.153 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.296 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.715 degrees. |
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