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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 Belleplain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belleplain 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 Belleplain:
- 39.268792, -74.866386
- 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 Belleplain
- 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 Cape May County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May County
- Since Belleplain is near Cumberland County and also Atlantic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic 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 Belleplain
Communities Also Named Belleplain ...
We found one communities that are also named Belleplain.
There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Belleplain.
Beyond New Jersey.
- Communities Located In New Jersey ...
- Cumberland 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 New Jersey community of Belleplain [Cumberland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belleplain ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Dennisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dorothy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hunters Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hunters Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
- Jones Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Leesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marshallville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Marshallville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocean View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seaville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaville
- Shell Pile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shell Pile is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Pile
- Steelmantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Belleplain 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 Belleplain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belleplain and extending to:
- Cape May, which is the Seat of Cape May County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Belleplain to Cape May, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west (W). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,789 miles [9,316.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,369 miles [7,031.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Belleplain 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> | 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- Belleplain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Belleplain 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 Belleplain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2688, Longitude: -74.8664 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.589 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.02 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.657 degrees. |
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