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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 Bel Air, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bel Air 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 Bel Air:
- 38.863168, -77.176647
- 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 Bel Air
- 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Since Bel Air is near Falls Church City and also Arlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls Church City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington 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 Bel Air
Communities Also Named Bel Air ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Bel Air.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Bel Air.
Beyond Virginia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Stafford County
- This Bel Air is located in Stafford County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Bel Air.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Houston County
- This Bel Air is located in Houston County and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Bel Air.
- Jefferson County
- This Bel Air is located in Jefferson County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the west southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bel Air.
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Bel Air [Mobile County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Bel Air is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,295 miles [3,693.4 km]<1> to the west of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Bel Air.
- Florida
- Seminole County
- This Bel Air is located in Seminole County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Bel Air.
- Georgia
- Glynn County
- This Bel Air is located in Glynn County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Bel Air.
- McIntosh County
- This Bel Air is located in McIntosh County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the south southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McIntosh County community of Bel Air.
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Bel Air is located in Clark County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the west of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Bel Air.
- Louisiana
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Bel Air is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Bel Air.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This Bel Air is located in Allegany County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Bel Air.
- Harford County
- This Bel Air is located in Harford County and lies 64 miles [103 km] to the northeast of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Bel Air.
- North Carolina
- Nash County
- This Bel Air is located in Nash County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the south of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Bel Air.
- Scotland County
- This Bel Air is located in Scotland County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the south southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Bel Air.
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This Bel Air is located in Maury County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Bel Air.
- Texas
- Harrison County
- This Bel Air is located in Harrison County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Bel Air.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Bel Air is located in Weber County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bel Air that is located in Fairfax County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Bel Air.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bel Air ...
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.
- Alpine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Dominion Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dominion Hills is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
- Falls Church
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Falls Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Falls Hill is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Hill
- Glen Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Forest is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Forest
- Greenway Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenway Downs is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Downs
- Hillbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillbrook is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
- Lacey Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lacey Forest is located in Arlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey Forest
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pine Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Spring is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Spring
- Pleasant Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Poplar Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Poplar Heights is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Heights
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Ravenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ravenwood is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Seven Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Valley Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley Brook is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
- Virginia Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Virginia Forest is located in Falls Church City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Forest
- Walters Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walters Woods is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Woods
- Willow Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Run is located in Fairfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
How Far From Bel Air 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 Bel Air to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bel Air and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Bel Air to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 6 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 just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Bel Air) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bel Air 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bel Air 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 Bel Air. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8632, Longitude: -77.1766 In this case, the coordinates for Bel Air have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.974 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.53 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.786 degrees. |
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