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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 Bellair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellair 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 Bellair:
    • 35.165438, -77.121062
    • 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 Bellair
  • 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 Craven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Craven County
    • Since Bellair is near Jones County and also Pamlico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pamlico 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 Bellair

Communities Also Named Bellair ...

We found seven communities that are also named Bellair.

Within North Carolina, the name Bellair is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hempstead County
      • This Bellair is located in Hempstead County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the west of the Bellair that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hempstead County community of Bellair.
    • Florida
      • Clay County
      • This Bellair is located in Clay County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bellair that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Bellair.
      • Leon 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 Florida community of Bellair [Leon County].
    • Illinois
      • Crawford County
      • This Bellair is located in Crawford County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bellair that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Bellair.
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bellair [Appanoose County].
    • Missouri
      • Cooper County
      • This Bellair is located in Cooper County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bellair that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooper County community of Bellair.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Bellair is located in Albemarle County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bellair that is located in Craven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Bellair.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellair ...

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.

  • Chip
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Chip is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chip
  • Clark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clark is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Craven Terrace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Craven Terrace is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven Terrace
  • Cypress Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Shores is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Shores
  • Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Forest is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Holly Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holly Hills is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Jasper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jasper is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Quail Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • River Bend
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • River Bend is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
  • Spring Garden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Garden is located in Craven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden

How Far From Bellair 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 Bellair to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Bern, which is the Seat of Craven County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bellair to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Bellair) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bellair 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>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 Bellair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bellair 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 Bellair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1654, Longitude: -77.1211       In this case, the coordinates for Bellair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.113 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.128 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.103 degrees.