Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bell Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bell Road and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bell Road
- 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 Bell Road:
- 39.906780, -75.233793
- 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 Bell Road
- 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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Since Bell Road is near Delaware County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bell Road ...
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.
- Bywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Californian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Californian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Californian
- Californian is located in Delaware County
- Cedar Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Garden Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Court have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
- Grays Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Ferry
- Grays Ferry is located in Philadelphia County
- Kellyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Kellyville is located in Delaware County
- Leonards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Lester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Lester is located in Delaware County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lester <2>
- Oak Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Packer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packer Park
- Packer Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Paradise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Point Breeze
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Breeze have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Point Breeze is located in Philadelphia County
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- Queen Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village
- Queen Village is located in Philadelphia County
- Red Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Riverwinds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwinds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwinds
- Riverwinds is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Spruce Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Summits Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summits Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summits Edge
- Summits Edge is located in Delaware County
- University City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- University City is located in Philadelphia County
- Queen Village
How Far From Bell Road 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 community such as Bell Road 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<3> community of Bell Road once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Bell Road and extending to:
- Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Philadelphia County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bell Road to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,361 miles [7,018.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bell Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bell Road) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bell Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9068, Longitude: -75.2338 In this case, the coordinates for Bell Road have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bell Road to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.749 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.302 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.543 degrees. |