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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 Bell Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bell Road 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Bell Road
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)
- Bywood is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bywood
- Californian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Californian is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Californian
- Cedar Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Garden Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garden Court is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Court
- Grays Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Ferry is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Ferry
- Kellyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kellyville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Leonards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leonards is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
- Lester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Lane is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lane
- Packer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Packer Park is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packer Park
- Paradise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paradise is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Point Breeze
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Breeze is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Queen Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Queen Village is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Village
- Red Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Riverwinds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverwinds is located in Gloucester County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwinds
- Spruce Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spruce Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
- Summits Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summits Edge is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summits Edge
- University City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- University City is located in Philadelphia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
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<2> community of Bell Road once stood, the straight-line distance<3> 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]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bell Road to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bell Road, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bell Road) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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.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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.749 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.302 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.543 degrees. |
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