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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 Vista Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Vista Beach 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 Belle Vista Beach:
- 27.718640, -82.737879
- 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 Belle Vista Beach
- 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 Pinellas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas County
- Since Belle Vista Beach is near Hillsborough County and also Manatee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Belle Vista Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Vista Beach ...
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.
- Cross Bayou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cross Bayou is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Bayou
- Fort Lonely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Lonely is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lonely
- Gulfport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Shores
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Beach is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Beach
- Orange Terrace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Terrace is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Terrace
- Piney Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Piney Point is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
- Sunset Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Beach is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Sunshine Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine Beach is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
- Treasure Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Belle Vista Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Vista Beach 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 Belle Vista Beach once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Belle Vista Beach and extending to:
- Clearwater, which is the Seat of Pinellas County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Belle Vista Beach to Clearwater, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 209 miles [336.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 838 miles [1,348.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,210 miles [8,384.7 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 Belle Vista Beach, 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- Belle Vista Beach) 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 Belle Vista Beach 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 Belle Vista Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7186, Longitude: -82.7379 In this case, the coordinates for Belle Vista Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.958 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.343 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.026 degrees. |
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