Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Belcher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belcher and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Belcher
- 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 Belcher:
- 32.748985, -93.834258
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Belcher
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
- Since Belcher is near Bossier Parish and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
- eBird sighting report for Marion 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Belcher ...
We found ten communities that share the name Belcher.
Within Louisiana, the name Belcher is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- This Belcher lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<2> to the north of the Belcher that is located in Caddo Parish.
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belcher ...
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.
- Brian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Cash Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cash Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Point
- Cash Point is located in Caddo Parish
- Dixie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Dukedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hughes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Lane ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Mail Boxes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mail Boxes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mail Boxes
- Mail Boxes is located in Caddo Parish
- Oil City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Oil City is located in Caddo Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 958 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oil City <5>
- Peru Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Ferry
- Peru Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
- Rush Point Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Point Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Point Ferry
- Rush Point Ferry is located in Bossier Parish
- Shoreline
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Superior
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Willow Chute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Chute have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Chute
- Willow Chute is located in Bossier Parish
How Far From Belcher 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 village such as Belcher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belcher and extending to:
- Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belcher to Shreveport, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 223 miles [358.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,029 miles [1,656 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,599 miles [12,229.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,475 miles [8,811.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belcher. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Caddo Parish: www.caddo.org/
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 Belcher 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 parish. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belcher) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7490, Longitude: -93.8343 |
| <3> | 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 Belcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Belcher to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.991 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.197 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.359 degrees. |