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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 Belle Meade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Meade 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 Belle Meade:
    • 35.742102, -77.961097
    • 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 Belle Meade
  • 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
    • Since Belle Meade is near Nash County and also Edgecombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe 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 Belle Meade

Communities Also Named Belle Meade ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Belle Meade.

Within North Carolina, the name Belle Meade is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Saint Francis County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the west of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Belle Meade.
    • Florida
      • Collier County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Collier County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collier County community of Belle Meade.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Hillsborough County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km] to the south southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Belle Meade.
    • Kansas
      • Meade 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 Kansas community of Belle Meade [Meade County].
    • Louisiana
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Belle Meade is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the west of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Belle Meade.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Harford County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Belle Meade.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Greenville County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Belle Meade.
      • Greenwood County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Greenwood County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km] to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Belle Meade.
      • York County
      • This Belle Meade is located in York County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Belle Meade.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Blount County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the west of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Belle Meade.
      • Davidson County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Davidson County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km] to the west of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Belle Meade.
      • Hardin County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Hardin County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the west of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Belle Meade.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Fauquier County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the north of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Belle Meade.
      • Roanoke County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Roanoke County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the northwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Belle Meade.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Meade ...

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.

  • Dew Field
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dew Field is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew Field
  • Elizabeth Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elizabeth Heights is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Heights
  • Finch Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Finch Mill is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch Mill
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Hominy Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hominy Heights is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Heights
  • Quail Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Quail Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
  • Seven Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Seven Hills is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hills
  • Stoneybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Stoneybrook is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
  • White Fox
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • White Fox is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Fox
  • Wildwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Wildwood is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

How Far From Belle Meade to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Belle Meade to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilson, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Belle Meade to Raleigh, with an average speed<3> 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 223 miles [358.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,072 miles [9,771.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,647 miles [7,478.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Belle Meade) 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 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 Belle Meade 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 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.
<4>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 Belle Meade 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 Belle Meade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7421, Longitude: -77.9611       In this case, the coordinates for Belle Meade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.567 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.734 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.225 degrees.