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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 Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Center 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 Belle Center:
- 40.506628, -83.748272
- 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 Center
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Belle Center is near Hardin County and also Auglaize County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Auglaize 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 Center
Communities Also Named Belle Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Belle Center.
Within Ohio, the name Belle Center is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Belle Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- This Belle Center is located in Jasper County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Belle Center that is located in Logan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Belle Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Center ...
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.
- Big Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Big Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Island View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Island View is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Jumbo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump
- Orchard Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Orchard Island is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Island
- Roundhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Russells Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Walnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Belle Center 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 village such as Belle Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belle Center and extending to:
- Bellefontaine, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Belle Center to Bellefontaine, with an average speed<3> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 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 Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Center 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 Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5066, Longitude: -83.7483 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.932 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.121 degrees. |
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