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 Bellflower:
39.003474, -91.351960
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 two communities that share the name Bellflower.
Within Missouri, the name Bellflower is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Bellflower is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<1> to the west of the Bellflower that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Bellflower.
Illinois
McLean County
This Bellflower is located in McLean County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bellflower that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Bellflower.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellflower ...
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.
Danville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Danville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
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 Bellflower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellflower and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Bellflower to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 44 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,082 miles [8,178.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bellflower) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bellflower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0035, Longitude: -91.3520 In this case, the coordinates for Bellflower have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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.
<6>
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 Bellflower to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.85 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.70 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.111 degrees.