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Welcome to Bel Air ...

Bel Air is located in Clark County<1>.

Bel Air is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bel Air lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Bel Air and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Bel Air: 859

Communities Also Named Bel Air ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Bel Air - they are located in Alabama (3), California, Florida, Georgia (2), Louisiana, Maryland (2), North Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bel Air.

Communities near Bel Air ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bel Air.

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Richmond
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Paris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Mount Sterling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Camargo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Camargo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Clay City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • North Middletown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Wyandotte
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyandotte is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Austerlitz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Austerlitz is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austerlitz
  • Clintonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clintonville is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintonville

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bel Air. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bel Air.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bel Air. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bel Air.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bel Air. See our Newspapers Page for Bel Air.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bel Air ...

Looking for more information about Bel Air? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bel Air, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bel Air.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bel Air - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.