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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 Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Grove 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 Grove:
- 33.395950, -84.561318
- 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 Grove
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Belle Grove is near Coweta County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coweta County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Grove
Communities Also Named Belle Grove ...
We found one communities that are also named Belle Grove.
Within Georgia, the name Belle Grove is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Belle Grove in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Greenwood 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 Kansas community of Belle Grove [Greenwood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Grove ...
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.
- Chestnutfield
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chestnutfield is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnutfield
- Clover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clover is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Clover Reach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clover Reach is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Reach
- Cobblestone Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cobblestone Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblestone Creek
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edgewater is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fetlock Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fetlock Meadows is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetlock Meadows
- Fishers Bank
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fishers Bank is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Bank
- Golfview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Golfview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfview
- Greensway
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greensway is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensway
- Groveland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Groveland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Jennings Yard
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jennings Yard is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Yard
- Meadow Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadow Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Overlook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Peachtree City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Peachtree Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peachtree Walk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachtree Walk
- Piney Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Piney Knoll is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knoll
- Ridgelake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ridgelake is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelake
- Rockspray
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rockspray is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspray
- Sawmill Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sawmill Trace is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Trace
- Shake Rag
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shake Rag is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake Rag
- Spyglass Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spyglass Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
- Sweetwater Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sweetwater Oaks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Oaks
- Tapestry
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tapestry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapestry
- Twigs Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Twigs Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twigs Corner
- Wisdom Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wisdom Woods is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom Woods
How Far From Belle Grove 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 Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Belle Grove and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Belle Grove to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Belle Grove 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belle Grove) 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 Grove 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 Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3959, Longitude: -84.5613 In this case, the coordinates for Belle Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.34 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.727 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.439 degrees. |
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