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 Belfort:
30.465746, -91.154273
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 four communities that share the name Belfort.
Within Louisiana, the name Belfort is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Mono County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Belfort [Mono County].
New York
Lewis County
This Belfort is located in Lewis County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Belfort that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Belfort.
Ohio
Stark County
This Belfort is located in Stark County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Belfort that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Belfort.
Oregon
Tillamook County
This Belfort is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,033 miles [3,271.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Belfort that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Belfort.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfort ...
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.
Airline Terrace (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Belfort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belfort and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south (S).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 988 miles [1,590 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Belfort to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,591 miles [12,216.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,467 miles [8,798.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Belfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Belfort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4657, Longitude: -91.1543 In this case, the coordinates for Belfort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<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 Belfort to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.04 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.618 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.567 degrees.