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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 Bellton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellton 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 Bellton:
- 34.383435, -83.662396
- 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 Bellton
- 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 Banks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Banks County
- Since Bellton is near Hall County and also Habersham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Habersham 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 Bellton
Communities Also Named Bellton ...
We found three communities that are also named Bellton.
Within Georgia, the name Bellton is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Suwannee 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 Florida community of Bellton [Suwannee County].
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This Bellton is located in Beaver County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bellton that is located in Banks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Bellton.
- West Virginia
- Marshall County
- This Bellton is located in Marshall County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bellton that is located in Banks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Bellton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellton ...
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.
- Beaver Pond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beaver Pond is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pond
- Blueberry Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blueberry Hills is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry Hills
- Cherokee Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Meadows is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Meadows
- Fleetwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fleetwood is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Frontier Trail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Frontier Trail is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Trail
- Greenway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Griffin Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Griffin Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
- Heather Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Heather Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Watch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Watch is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Watch
- Land ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Longview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Longview is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Holland is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holland
- Pine Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Point
- Quiet Place in the Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rabbitown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbitown is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbitown
- Rainbow Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Village is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Village
- River Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- River Point is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- River Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- River Run is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
- Riverbend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverbend is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
- Rogers Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rogers Mill is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill
- Shady Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shady Lane is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Valley is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Valley
- Shamrock Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shamrock Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Heights
- Sunset Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunset Heights is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
How Far From Bellton 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 Bellton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellton and extending to:
- Homer, which is the Seat of Banks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bellton to Homer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 481 miles [774.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,082 miles [11,397.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 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 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 Bellton 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- Bellton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bellton 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 Bellton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3834, Longitude: -83.6624 In this case, the coordinates for Bellton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.85 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.303 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.844 degrees. |
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