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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 Belle Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Center 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 Belle Center:
- 37.101172, -94.582727
- 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 Belle Center
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Belle Center is near Cherokee County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- 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 Belle Center
Communities Also Named Belle Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Belle Center.
Within Missouri, the name Belle Center is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Belle Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Logan County
- This Belle Center is located in Logan County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belle Center that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Belle Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Center ...
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.
- Airport Drive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Airport Drive is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Drive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 862 people
- Badger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Badger is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Blendville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blendville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blendville
- Carl Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chitwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chitwood is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chitwood
- Empire City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Empire City is located in Cherokee County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
- Galena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gregg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gregg is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
- Iron Gates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Gates is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Lone Elm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Elm is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Belle Center 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 Belle Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belle Center and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belle Center to Carthage, 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,416 miles [11,934.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,300 miles [8,529.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belle Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Belle Center 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 Belle Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1012, Longitude: -94.5827 In this case, the coordinates for Belle Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.897 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.818 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.026 degrees. |
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