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Welcome to Bell Forest ...

Bell Forest is located in Prince William County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bell Forest: Bell Frst.

Bell Forest is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bell Forest lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Bell Forest: 703 & 571<3>

Communities Also Named Bell Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bell Forest - it's located in Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bell Forest.

Communities near Bell Forest ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bell Forest.

  • Manassas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Herndon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fairfax
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Manassas Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Vienna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Warrenton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Dumfries
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dumfries is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dumfries <4>
  • Indian Head
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Haymarket
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Occoquan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bell Forest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bell Forest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bell Forest. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bell Forest.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bell Forest. See our Newspapers Page for Bell Forest.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bell Forest ...

Looking for more information about Bell Forest? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bell Forest, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bell Forest.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Prince William, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bell Forest - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 703 code has been Overlayed with the 571 area code. New phone numbers in the Bell Forest area will be assigned with one of these codes: 703 or 571. As a result, placing a call in the Bell Forest area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.