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 Bellingham:
45.136237, -96.284028
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 Bellingham
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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Lac qui Parle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Bellingham.
Within Minnesota, the name Bellingham is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Bellingham is located in Norfolk County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the east of the Bellingham that is located in Lac qui Parle County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Bellingham.
Ontario
This Bellingham lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bellingham that is located in Lac qui Parle County.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Bellingham is located in Greenville County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bellingham that is located in Lac qui Parle County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Bellingham.
Washington
Whatcom County
This Bellingham is located in Whatcom County and lies 1,253 miles [2,016.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bellingham that is located in Lac qui Parle County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Bellingham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellingham ...
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.
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 city such as Bellingham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellingham and extending to:
Madison, which is the Seat of Lac qui Parle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bellingham to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,310 miles [10,155 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,989 miles [8,029 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bellingham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bellingham 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 Bellingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1362, Longitude: -96.2840 In this case, the coordinates for Bellingham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.455 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.644 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.266 degrees.