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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 Bellamy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellamy 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 Bellamy:
    • 34.585722, -78.887526
    • 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 Bellamy
  • 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 Robeson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Robeson County
    • Since Bellamy is near Bladen County and also Columbus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bladen County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbus 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 Bellamy

Communities Also Named Bellamy ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bellamy.

Within North Carolina, the name Bellamy is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Sumter County
      • This Bellamy is located in Sumter County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bellamy that is located in Robeson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Bellamy.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bellamy is located in Hillsborough County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bellamy that is located in Robeson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bellamy.
    • Louisiana
      • Washington Parish
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bellamy [Washington Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Vernon County
      • This Bellamy is located in Vernon County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bellamy that is located in Robeson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Bellamy.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bellamy.
    • Oregon
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bellamy [Lincoln County].
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bellamy [Montgomery County].
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • This Bellamy is located in Gloucester County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bellamy that is located in Robeson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Bellamy.
      • Scott County
      • This Bellamy is located in Scott County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the northwest of the Bellamy that is located in Robeson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Bellamy.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellamy ...

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.

  • Boardman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Boardman is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
  • Butters
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Butters is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
  • Center Road
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Center Road is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
  • Dublin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dublin is located in Bladen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
  • Kingdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Kingdale is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdale
  • Long Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Branch is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Mayville Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mayville Crossing is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville Crossing
  • Piney Forest Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pope Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pope Crossing is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Crossing
  • Powers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Powers is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
  • Williams Cross Roads ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Williams Cross Roads is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cross Roads

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

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

  • Lumberton, which is the Seat of Robeson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Bellamy 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bellamy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bellamy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bellamy 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.
<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 Bellamy 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 Bellamy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5857, Longitude: -78.8875       In this case, the coordinates for Bellamy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.111 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.186 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.952 degrees.