RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New York >> Lewis County >> Belfort >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Belfort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belfort 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 Belfort:
    • 43.927799, -75.332304
    • 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 Belfort
  • 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Since Belfort is near Jefferson County and also Herkimer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer 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 Belfort

Communities Also Named Belfort ...

We found four communities that are also named Belfort.

Within New York, the name Belfort is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mono County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Belfort [Mono County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Belfort is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Belfort that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Belfort.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Belfort is located in Stark County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Belfort that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Belfort.
    • Oregon
      • Tillamook County
      • This Belfort is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,330 miles [3,749.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Belfort that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Belfort.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfort ...

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.

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

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

  • Lowville, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Belfort to Lowville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 358 miles [576.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,617 miles [9,039.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,215 miles [6,783.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Belfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Belfort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Belfort 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 Belfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9278, Longitude: -75.3323       In this case, the coordinates for Belfort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.385 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.539 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.796 degrees.