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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 Bellemeade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellemeade 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 Bellemeade:
    • 32.301536, -90.858437
    • 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 Bellemeade
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Bellemeade is near Madison Parish and also Hinds County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds 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 Bellemeade

Communities Also Named Bellemeade ...

We found eight communities that are also named Bellemeade.

Within Mississippi, the name Bellemeade is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Bellemeade is located in Lauderdale County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bellemeade that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Bellemeade.
      • Madison County
      • This Bellemeade is located in Madison County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the northeast of the Bellemeade that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bellemeade.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Bellemeade is located in Montgomery County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east of the Bellemeade that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bellemeade.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb 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 Georgia community of Bellemeade [Cobb County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bellemeade is located in Jefferson County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bellemeade that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bellemeade.
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Bellemeade is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bellemeade that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Bellemeade.
    • North Carolina
      • Rowan County
      • This Bellemeade is located in Rowan County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bellemeade that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Bellemeade.
    • Virginia
      • Richmond City
      • 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 Virginia community of Bellemeade [Richmond City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellemeade ...

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.

  • Big Black
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Big Black is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Black
  • Cedars
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedars is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
  • Delta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Delta is located in Madison Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <3>
  • Jetts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jetts is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts
  • Jonestown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jonestown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Kings
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Kings is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Porters Chapel
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Porters Chapel is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Chapel
  • Redbone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Redbone is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbone
  • Rose Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Signal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Signal is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
  • Stout
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Stout is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
  • Valley Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Valley Mills is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
  • Waltersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Waltersville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
  • Woodlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Bellemeade to ...

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 community such as Bellemeade to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Vicksburg, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Bellemeade to Jackson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 898 miles [1,445.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,493 miles [12,058.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,369 miles [8,640.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bellemeade) 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 Bellemeade 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bellemeade 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 Bellemeade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3015, Longitude: -90.8584       In this case, the coordinates for Bellemeade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.057 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.883 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.171 degrees.