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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 Bellton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellton 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 Bellton:
    • 40.830064, -80.306730
    • 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 Bellton
  • 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 Beaver County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Beaver County
    • Since Bellton is near Lawrence County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Bellton

Communities Also Named Bellton ...

We found three communities that are also named Bellton.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Bellton is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Suwannee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bellton [Suwannee County].
    • Georgia
      • Banks County
      • This Bellton is located in Banks County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bellton that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banks County community of Bellton.
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall County
      • This Bellton is located in Marshall County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the south of the Bellton that is located in Beaver County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Bellton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellton ...

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.

  • Big Beaver
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Big Beaver is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,827 people
  • Celia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Celia is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celia
  • Duckrun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Duckrun is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckrun
  • Homewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Homewood is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
  • Lillyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lillyville is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyville
  • New Beaver
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
  • Park Gate
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Park Gate is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Gate
  • Possum Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Possum Hollow is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Hollow
  • Riverview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Riverview is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rock Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Rock Point is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point

How Far From Bellton 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 Bellton to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bellton and extending to:

  • Beaver, which is the Seat of Beaver County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Bellton to Beaver, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,669 miles [10,732.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,545 miles [7,314.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bellton 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.
<2>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- Bellton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bellton 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 Bellton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8301, Longitude: -80.3067       In this case, the coordinates for Bellton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.759 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.858 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.423 degrees.