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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 Belair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belair 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 Belair:
    • 36.239538, -83.241002
    • 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 Belair
  • 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 Hamblen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
    • Since Belair is near Jefferson County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Belair

Communities Also Named Belair ...

We found ten communities that are also named Belair.

Within Tennessee, the name Belair is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Leon County
      • This Belair is located in Leon County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the south of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Belair.
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Belair [Orange County].
    • Georgia
      • Richmond County
      • This Belair is located in Richmond County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Belair.
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Belair is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Belair.
    • Manitoba
      • This Belair lies 1,193 miles [1,919.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Belair [Prince George's County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Belair lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Belair is located in Cumberland County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Belair.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Belair.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This Belair is located in Lancaster County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Belair that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Belair.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belair ...

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.

  • Bright Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
  • Cheeks Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
  • Cherokee Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Dover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Eureka Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Eureka Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Hills
  • Gaby Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Jaybird
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
  • Kentucky Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
  • Kingswood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Kingswood is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Liberty Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
  • Long Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Mountain View Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Point is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
    • Springvale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Springvale is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
    • Tigertown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tigertown is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigertown
    • Union Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Union Heights is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Heights

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

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Belair to Nashville, 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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Belair) 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 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 Belair 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 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 Belair 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 Belair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2395, Longitude: -83.2410       In this case, the coordinates for Belair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.64 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.326 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.177 degrees.