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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 Belmont Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belmont Corner 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 Belmont Corner:
- 41.740639, -75.456294
- 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 Belmont Corner
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Belmont Corner is near Susquehanna County and also Lackawanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lackawanna 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 Belmont Corner
Communities Also Named Belmont Corner ...
We found one communities that are also named Belmont Corner.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Belmont Corner is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Belmont Corner in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Waldo County
- This Belmont Corner is located in Waldo County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Belmont Corner that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Belmont Corner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belmont Corner ...
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.
- Birchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birchtown is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchtown
- Burnwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burnwood is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnwood
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Elkdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elkdale is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkdale
- Forest City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest City Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest City Station is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City Station
- Orson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Mount
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smiley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Smiley is located in Susquehanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiley
How Far From Belmont Corner 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 Belmont Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belmont Corner and extending to:
- Honesdale, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belmont Corner to Honesdale, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three 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 5,712 miles [9,192.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,301 miles [6,921.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Belmont Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Belmont Corner 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 Belmont Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7406, Longitude: -75.4563 In this case, the coordinates for Belmont Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.707 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.547 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.85 degrees. |
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