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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 Belmar Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belmar Park 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 Belmar Park:
- 41.006450, -80.376732
- 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 Belmar Park
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Belmar Park is near Mahoning County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Belmar Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belmar Park ...
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.
- Clover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clover is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Coverts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coverts is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverts
- Edinburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grahms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grahms is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahms
- Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Joyce
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Joyce is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
- Painter Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Painter Hill is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Hill
- Parkstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Parkstown is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkstown
- Peanut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peanut is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peanut
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Willow Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Belmar Park 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 Belmar Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belmar Park and extending to:
- New Castle, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies just to the East.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Belmar Park to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 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 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belmar Park) 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 Belmar Park 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 Belmar Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0065, Longitude: -80.3767 In this case, the coordinates for Belmar Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.794 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.924 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.39 degrees. |
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