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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 Bella Vista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bella Vista and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bella Vista:
    • 35.652454, -118.323525
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bella Vista
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Bella Vista ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Bella Vista.

There are four communities within California that are also named Bella Vista.

Beyond California, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Contra Costa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bella Vista [Contra Costa County].
    • Los Angeles County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bella Vista [Los Angeles County].
    • Shasta County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Shasta County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Bella Vista.
    • Tulare County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Bella Vista.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Benton County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<2> to the east of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Bella Vista.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Bella Vista is located in New Castle County and lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Bella Vista.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km]<2> to the east of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bella Vista.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Lycoming County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Bella Vista.
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Philadelphia County and lies 2,350 miles [3,782 km] to the east northeast of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Bella Vista.
    • Texas
      • Starr County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Starr County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starr County community of Bella Vista.
    • Virginia
      • Pulaski County
      • This Bella Vista is located in Pulaski County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bella Vista that is located in Kern County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Bella Vista.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bella Vista ...

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.

How Far From Bella Vista 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 Bella Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bella Vista and extending to:

  • Bakersfield, which is the Seat of Kern County, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bella Vista to Bakersfield, with an average speed<5> 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 most of two days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,260 miles [3,637.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 129 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,467 miles [12,017 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,236 miles [13,254.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bella Vista. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kern County: www.co.kern.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bella Vista 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bella Vista) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bella Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6525, Longitude: -118.3235    
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bella Vista to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.525 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.594 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.693 degrees.




 

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