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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 Bellewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellewood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bellewood:
    • 30.534913, -90.437588
    • 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 Bellewood
  • 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 Tangipahoa Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
    • Since Bellewood is near Livingston Parish and also Saint Tammany Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Tammany 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 Bellewood

Communities Also Named Bellewood ...

We found six communities that are also named Bellewood.

There is one other community in Louisiana that is also named Bellewood.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Assumption Parish
      • This Bellewood is located in Assumption Parish and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bellewood that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Assumption Parish community of Bellewood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Bellewood is located in New Castle County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bellewood that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Bellewood.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bellewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bellewood that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bellewood.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Bellewood is located in Charles County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bellewood that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Bellewood.
    • Mississippi
      • Humphreys County
      • This Bellewood is located in Humphreys County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the north of the Bellewood that is located in Tangipahoa Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Bellewood.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bellewood [Hunterdon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellewood ...

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.

  • Cypress Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Cove is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cove
  • Hollyridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hollyridge is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollyridge
  • Kin Tally
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kin Tally is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kin Tally
  • Lincoln Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Mason ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mason is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
  • Oliver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Tallow Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tallow Wood is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallow Wood
  • University Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • University Place is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place
  • Woodland Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Woodland Park is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Bellewood 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 Bellewood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellewood and extending to:

  • Amite City, which is the Seat of Tangipahoa Parish, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bellewood to Amite City, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 953 miles [1,533.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,556 miles [12,160.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,432 miles [8,742 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bellewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bellewood 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.
<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 Bellewood 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 Bellewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5349, Longitude: -90.4376       In this case, the coordinates for Bellewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.611 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.127 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.275 degrees.