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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 Belle Meade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Meade 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 Belle Meade:
    • 26.049817, -81.699531
    • 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 Belle Meade
  • 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 Collier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Collier County
    • Since Belle Meade is near Lee County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Lee 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Belle Meade ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Belle Meade.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Belle Meade.

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

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Hillsborough County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Hillsborough County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Belle Meade.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Saint Francis County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Belle Meade.
    • Kansas
      • Meade 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 Belle Meade [Meade County].
    • Louisiana
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Belle Meade is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 766 miles [1,232.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Belle Meade.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Harford County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Belle Meade.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilson County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Wilson County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Belle Meade.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Greenville County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the north of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Belle Meade.
      • Greenwood County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Greenwood County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km] to the north of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Belle Meade.
      • York County
      • This Belle Meade is located in York County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km] to the north of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Belle Meade.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Blount County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the north of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Belle Meade.
      • Davidson County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Davidson County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km] to the north northwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Belle Meade.
      • Hardin County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Hardin County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the north northwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Belle Meade.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Fauquier County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Belle Meade.
      • Roanoke County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Roanoke County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the north of the Belle Meade that is located in Collier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Belle Meade.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Meade ...

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.

  • Golden Gate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Goodland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Grocery Place
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grocery Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grocery Place
    • Grocery Place is located in Collier County
  • Isles of Capri
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isles of Capri have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isles of Capri
    • Isles of Capri is located in Collier County
  • Marco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marco came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
    • Marco is located in Collier County
  • Naples
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Marco Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Marco Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Marco Junction
    • Old Marco Junction is located in Collier County
  • Royal Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Harbor
    • Royal Harbor is located in Collier County
  • Royal Palm Hammock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Palm Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Hammock
    • Royal Palm Hammock is located in Collier County
  • Shell Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
    • Shell Island is located in Collier County

How Far From Belle Meade 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 Belle Meade to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Naples, which is the Seat of Collier County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Belle Meade to Tallahassee, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 927 miles [1,491.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,324 miles [11,786.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,235 miles [8,424.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Collier County: www.co.collier.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belle Meade) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belle Meade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0498, Longitude: -81.6995       In this case, the coordinates for Belle Meade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Belle Meade 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>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.
<7>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 Belle Meade to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.278 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.33 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.036 degrees.




 

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