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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 Bellville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellville 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 Bellville:
- 30.596321, -83.257368
- 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 Bellville
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Bellville is near Madison County and also Lowndes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes 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 Bellville
Communities Also Named Bellville ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Bellville.
Within Florida, the name Bellville is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Boone County
- This Bellville is located in Boone County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Bellville.
- Sevier County
- This Bellville is located in Sevier County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km] to the west northwest of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Bellville.
- Georgia
- Clay County
- This Bellville is located in Clay County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Bellville.
- Evans County
- This Bellville is located in Evans County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north northeast of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evans County community of Bellville.
- McIntosh 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 Georgia community of Bellville [McIntosh County].
- Tattnall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bellville [Tattnall County].
- Kansas
- Montgomery 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 Bellville [Montgomery County].
- Kentucky
- Webster County
- This Bellville is located in Webster County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Bellville.
- Missouri
- Marion County
- This Bellville is located in Marion County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Bellville.
- New York
- Allegany County
- This Bellville is located in Allegany County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Bellville.
- Ohio
- Logan County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Bellville.
- Richland County
- This Bellville is located in Richland County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the north of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Bellville.
- Texas
- Austin County
- This Bellville is located in Austin County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the west of the Bellville that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Bellville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellville ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Dasher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dasher is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Herring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Herring is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Jennings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kinderlou
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kinderlou is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderlou
- Lakeview Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Little Miami
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Little Miami is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Miami
- Provident
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Provident is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Bellville 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 Bellville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellville and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bellville to Jasper, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 61 miles [98.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 672 miles [1,081.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bellville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Bellville 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> | 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 Bellville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bellville 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 Bellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5963, Longitude: -83.2574 In this case, the coordinates for Bellville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.445 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.304 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.596 degrees. |
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