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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 Belfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belfield 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 Belfield:
- 30.339092, -93.200711
- 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 Belfield
- 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 Calcasieu Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calcasieu Parish
- Since Belfield is near Beauregard Parish and also Jefferson Davis Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Beauregard Parish
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis Parish
- 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 Belfield
Communities Also Named Belfield ...
We found four communities that are also named Belfield.
Within Louisiana, the name Belfield is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belfield [Bourbon County].
- North Dakota
- Stark County
- This Belfield is located in Stark County and lies 1,261 miles [2,029.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Belfield that is located in Calcasieu Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Belfield.
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Belfield [Kershaw County].
- Virginia
- Greensville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Belfield [Greensville County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfield ...
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.
- Bridge Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bridge Junction is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Junction
- Chloe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
- Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Hecker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hecker is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hecker
- Lake Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lockmoor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lockmoor is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockmoor
- Mallard Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mallard Junction is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Junction
- Maplewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mossville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mossville is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
- Rose Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Bluff is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bluff
- Sulphur
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- University Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- University Place is located in Calcasieu Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
How Far From Belfield 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 Belfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belfield and extending to:
- Lake Charles, which is the Seat of Calcasieu Parish, lies just to the South.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Belfield to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,089 miles [1,752.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,687 miles [12,371 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Belfield 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- Belfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Belfield 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 Belfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3391, Longitude: -93.2007 In this case, the coordinates for Belfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.293 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.066 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.405 degrees. |
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