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 Belfast:
36.866455, -94.454387
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 found 26 communities that share the name Belfast.
Within Missouri, the name Belfast is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Grant County
This Belfast is located in Grant County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Belfast.
California
Lassen County
This Belfast is located in Lassen County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Belfast.
San Bernardino County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Belfast [San Bernardino County].
Georgia
Bryan County
This Belfast is located in Bryan County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Belfast.
Indiana
LaPorte County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Belfast [LaPorte County].
Iowa
Henry County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Belfast [Henry County].
Lee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Belfast [Lee County].
Kansas
Finney County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belfast [Finney County].
Gray County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belfast [Gray County].
Maine
Waldo County
This Belfast is located in Waldo County and lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Belfast.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Belfast is located in Baltimore County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Belfast.
Montana
Garfield County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Garfield County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Belfast.
Nebraska
Greeley County
This Belfast is located in Greeley County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greeley County community of Belfast.
New York
Allegany County
This Belfast is located in Allegany County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Belfast.
North Carolina
Wayne County
This Belfast is located in Wayne County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the east of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Belfast.
Ohio
Clermont County
This Belfast is located in Clermont County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Belfast.
Highland County
This Belfast is located in Highland County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Belfast.
Licking County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Belfast.
Preble County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Belfast [Preble County].
Ontario
This Belfast lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
Pennsylvania
Northampton County
This Belfast is located in Northampton County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Belfast.
Prince Edward Island
This Belfast lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
South Carolina
Laurens County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Belfast [Laurens County].
Tennessee
Marshall County
This Belfast is located in Marshall County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the east of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Belfast.
Virginia
Russell County
This Belfast is located in Russell County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the east of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Belfast.
Washington
Skagit County
This Belfast is located in Skagit County and lies 1,615 miles [2,599.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Belfast that is located in Newton County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of Belfast.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfast ...
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.
Aroma (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aroma have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 Belfast to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belfast and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Belfast to White House, with an average speed<7>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 55 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 38 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,683 miles [10,755.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,423 miles [11,946.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,306 miles [8,539.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
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- Belfast) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belfast. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8665, Longitude: -94.4544 In this case, the coordinates for Belfast have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Belfast, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Belfast 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 county. 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.
<4>
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.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Belfast to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.792 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.666 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.005 degrees.