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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 Beloit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beloit 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 Beloit:
- 40.923137, -80.993727
- 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 Beloit
- 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 Mahoning County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Since Beloit is near Columbiana County and also Stark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark 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 Beloit
Communities Also Named Beloit ...
We found seven communities that are also named Beloit.
Within Ohio, the name Beloit is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Beloit is located in Dallas County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Beloit that is located in Mahoning County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Beloit.
- Colorado
- Kit Carson 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 Colorado community of Beloit [Kit Carson County].
- Georgia
- Lee County
- This Beloit is located in Lee County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Beloit that is located in Mahoning County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Beloit.
- Iowa
- Lyon County
- This Beloit is located in Lyon County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beloit that is located in Mahoning County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Beloit.
- Kansas
- Mitchell County
- This Beloit is located in Mitchell County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west of the Beloit that is located in Mahoning County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Beloit.
- Missouri
- Barton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Barton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Beloit.
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- This Beloit is located in Rock County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beloit that is located in Mahoning County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Beloit.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beloit ...
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.
- Alliance
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Alliance Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bolton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bolton is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Christytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Christytown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christytown
- Damascus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Ridge is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Ridge
- Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Valley is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Willow Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Columbiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Yankee Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yankee Crossing is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Crossing
How Far From Beloit to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Beloit to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beloit and extending to:
- Youngstown, which is the Seat of Mahoning County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beloit to Youngstown, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,694 miles [10,772.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,570 miles [7,354.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beloit) 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 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 Beloit 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> | 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 Beloit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Beloit 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 Beloit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9231, Longitude: -80.9937 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.183 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.353 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.704 degrees. |
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