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 Belfair:
30.467412, -91.145940
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 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 East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that share the name Belfair.
Within Louisiana, the name Belfair is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Washington
Kitsap County
This Belfair is located in Kitsap County and lies 2,042 miles [3,286.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Belfair that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Belfair.
Mason County
This Belfair is located in Mason County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km] to the northwest of the Belfair that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Belfair.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfair ...
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.
Bird (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Belfair to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belfair and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 988 miles [1,590 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Belfair to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,590 miles [12,214.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Belfair) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belfair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4674, Longitude: -91.1459 In this case, the coordinates for Belfair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Belfair to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.035 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.612 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.564 degrees.