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 Belknap:
37.721119, -83.294147
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.
We found fifteen communities that share the name Belknap.
Within Kentucky, the name Belknap is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Dallas County
This Belknap is located in Dallas County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Belknap.
Arkansas
Cross County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Belknap [Cross County].
Georgia
Bryan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Belknap [Bryan County].
Illinois
Johnson County
This Belknap is located in Johnson County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Belknap.
Indiana
Clark County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Belknap [Clark County].
Vanderburgh County
This Belknap is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Belknap.
Iowa
Davis County
This Belknap is located in Davis County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Belknap.
Kansas
Chautauqua County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belknap [Chautauqua County].
Michigan
Allegan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Belknap [Allegan County].
Presque Isle County
This Belknap is located in Presque Isle County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the north of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Presque Isle County community of Belknap.
Montana
Sanders County
This Belknap is located in Sanders County and lies 1,752 miles [2,819.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Belknap.
Ohio
Harrison County
This Belknap is located in Harrison County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Belknap.
Pennsylvania
Armstrong County
This Belknap is located in Armstrong County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Belknap.
Texas
Young County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Young County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Belknap.
Utah
Sevier County
This Belknap is located in Sevier County and lies 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Belknap that is located in Wolfe County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Belknap.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belknap ...
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.
Dale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Belknap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belknap and extending to:
Campton, which is the Seat of Wolfe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Belknap to Campton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,210 miles [9,994 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Belknap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belknap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7211, Longitude: -83.2941
<2>
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 Belknap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Belknap 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.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Belknap to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.68 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.586 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.774 degrees.