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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 Bellaire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellaire 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 Bellaire:
- 40.191482, -76.574968
- 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 Bellaire
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Bellaire is near Dauphin County and also Lebanon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lebanon 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 Bellaire
Communities Also Named Bellaire ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Bellaire.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Bellaire is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Chicot County
- This Bellaire is located in Chicot County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Bellaire.
- California
- Contra Costa 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 California community of Bellaire [Contra Costa County].
- Kansas
- Sedgwick County
- This Bellaire is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the west of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Bellaire.
- Smith County
- This Bellaire is located in Smith County and lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km] to the west of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Bellaire.
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- This Bellaire is located in Bossier Parish and lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Bellaire.
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- This Bellaire is located in Antrim County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antrim County community of Bellaire.
- Baraga 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 Michigan community of Bellaire [Baraga County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This Bellaire is located in Ramsey County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Bellaire.
- New York
- Queens County
- This Bellaire is located in Queens County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Bellaire.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- This Bellaire is located in Belmont County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the west of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Bellaire.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Bellaire is located in Harris County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Bellaire.
- Hidalgo County
- This Bellaire is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km] to the west southwest of the Bellaire that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Bellaire.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellaire ...
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.
- Anchor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anchor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beverly is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Donegal Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Donegal Springs is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal Springs
- Elizabethtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hockersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hockersville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockersville
- Lawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Joy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Plainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Sandhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandhill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
- Timber Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Union Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Square is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Square
How Far From Bellaire 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 community such as Bellaire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellaire and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bellaire to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bellaire) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Bellaire 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bellaire 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 Bellaire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1915, Longitude: -76.5750 In this case, the coordinates for Bellaire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.224 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.004 degrees. |
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