Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Belmont Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belmont Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Belmont Hills
- 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 Hills:
- 40.034278, -75.257681
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Belmont Hills
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Belmont Hills is near Philadelphia County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- eBird sighting report for Delaware 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Belmont Hills ...
We found two communities that share the name Belmont Hills.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Belmont Hills.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Belmont Hills in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Belmont Hills [Bucks County].
- Bucks County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Stafford County
- This Belmont Hills is located in Stafford County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Belmont Hills that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Belmont Hills.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belmont Hills ...
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.
- Allgates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgates
- Allgates is located in Delaware County
- Carpenter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Cherry Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Dale
- Cherry Dale is located in Montgomery County
- Chestnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County
- Grassland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Gravers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Hollow Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Woods
- Hollow Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Joshua Knoll
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joshua Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Knoll
- Joshua Knoll is located in Montgomery County
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- Marble Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hall
- Marble Hall is located in Montgomery County
- Mechanicsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mechanicsville is located in Montgomery County
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Philadelphia County
- Plymouth Meeting
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plymouth Meeting have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Meeting
- Plymouth Meeting is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth Meeting <4>
- Roseglen
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Spring Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Marble Hall
How Far From Belmont Hills 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 Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Belmont Hills and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Belmont Hills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<5>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 5 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 123 miles [197.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belmont Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montcopa.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Belmont Hills 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belmont Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belmont Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0343, Longitude: -75.2577 In this case, the coordinates for Belmont Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.752 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.325 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.50 degrees. |