This Belle River is located in Assumption Parish and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Assumption Parish community of Belle River.
Michigan
Saint Clair County
This Belle River is located in Saint Clair County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Belle River.
Minnesota
Douglas County
This Belle River is located in Douglas County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Belle River.
Prince Edward Island
This Belle River lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle River ...
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.
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 Belle River to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belle River and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Belle River to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,978 miles [9,620.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,586 miles [7,380.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belle River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
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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 River 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 River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3000, Longitude: -82.7167
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.213 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.729 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.028 degrees.