Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Belfast, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belfast and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Belfast
- 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 Belfast:
- 39.836160, -84.778569
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Belfast
- 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 Preble County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Preble County
- Since Belfast is near Wayne County and also Darke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- eBird sighting report for Darke 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Belfast ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Belfast.
There are three communities within Ohio that are also named Belfast.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Clermont County
- Highland County
- Licking County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Lassen County
- This Belfast is located in Lassen County and lies 1,870 miles [3,009.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Belfast that is located in Preble County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Belfast.
- San Bernardino 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 California community of Belfast [San Bernardino County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Henry 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 Iowa community of Belfast [Henry County].
- Lee County
- 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 Iowa community of Belfast [Lee County].
- Kansas
- Finney County
- 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 Kansas community of Belfast [Finney County].
- Gray County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belfast [Gray County].
- Maine
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- This Belfast lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Belfast that is located in Preble County.
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- This Belfast lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belfast that is located in Preble County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfast ...
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.
- Boston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boston <5>
- Cedar Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cedar Springs is located in Preble County
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Eldorado
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- New Paris
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Paris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
- New Paris is located in Preble County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Paris <5>
- Orangeburg ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeburg
- Orangeburg is located in Preble County
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Yankeetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown
- Yankeetown is located in Darke County
How Far From Belfast 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 Belfast to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Belfast once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Belfast and extending to:
- Eaton, which is the Seat of Preble County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belfast to Eaton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,774 miles [7,683 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belfast) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belfast. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8362, Longitude: -84.7786 In this case, the coordinates for Belfast have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Belfast, 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 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 Belfast 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Belfast to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.596 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.939 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.806 degrees. |