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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 Bellaire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellaire 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 Bellaire:
- 39.799400, -98.673027
- 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 Bellaire
- 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Since Bellaire is near Rawlins County and also Jewell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rawlins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jewell 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 Bellaire
Communities Also Named Bellaire ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Bellaire.
There is one other community in Kansas that is also named Bellaire.
Beyond Kansas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Sedgwick County
- This Bellaire is located in Sedgwick County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Bellaire.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Chicot County
- This Bellaire is located in Chicot County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Bellaire.
- California
- Contra Costa 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 California community of Bellaire [Contra Costa County].
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Bellaire is located in Bossier Parish and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Bellaire.
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- This Bellaire is located in Antrim County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antrim County community of Bellaire.
- Baraga 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 Michigan community of Bellaire [Baraga County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This Bellaire is located in Ramsey County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Bellaire.
- New York
- Queens County
- This Bellaire is located in Queens County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<1> to the east of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Bellaire.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This Bellaire is located in Belmont County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<1> to the east of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Bellaire.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Bellaire is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<1> to the east of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Bellaire.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Bellaire is located in Harris County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Bellaire.
- Hidalgo County
- This Bellaire is located in Hidalgo County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km] to the south of the Bellaire that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Bellaire.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellaire ...
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.
- Amboy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Dispatch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Downs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Guide Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lester Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lester Junction is located in Webster County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Junction
- Reamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reamsville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reamsville
- Red Cloud
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Bellaire 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 Bellaire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellaire and extending to:
- Smith Center, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bellaire to Topeka, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,427 miles [11,952.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,331 miles [8,579.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Bellaire) 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 Bellaire 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> | 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 Bellaire 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 Bellaire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7994, Longitude: -98.6730 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.932 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.682 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.608 degrees. |
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