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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 Belt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belt 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 Belt:
- 47.387094, -110.927650
- 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 Belt
- 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 Cascade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cascade County
- Since Belt is near Chouteau County and also Judith Basin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chouteau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Judith Basin 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 Belt
Communities Also Named Belt ...
We found two communities that are also named Belt.
Within Montana, the name Belt is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Belt [Marion County].
- Michigan
- Genesee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Belt [Genesee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belt ...
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 Stone Colony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Big Stone Colony is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Colony
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Box Elder is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Cooper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Donovan Park ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Donovan Park is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan Park
- Evans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evans is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Fields
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fields is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
- Highwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pack and Lacey Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rainbow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rainbow is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Riceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Riceville is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Rogers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Shepherd Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shepherd Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Crossing
- Three Forks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Three Forks is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Belt 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 city such as Belt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Belt and extending to:
- Great Falls, which is the Seat of Cascade County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Belt to Great Falls, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,788 miles [2,877.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,341 miles [11,814.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,360 miles [8,626.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Belt 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Belt 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 Belt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3871, Longitude: -110.9276 In this case, the coordinates for Belt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.62 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.711 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.485 degrees. |
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