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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 Belle Meade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belle Meade and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Belle Meade:
    • 37.219859, -80.010316
    • 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 Belle Meade
  • 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 Belle Meade ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Belle Meade.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Belle Meade.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Fauquier County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Fauquier County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Belle Meade.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Saint Francis County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Belle Meade.
    • Florida
      • Collier County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Collier County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the south of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collier County community of Belle Meade.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Hillsborough County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the south southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Belle Meade.
    • Kansas
      • Meade 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 Kansas community of Belle Meade [Meade County].
    • Louisiana
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Belle Meade is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Belle Meade.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Harford County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Belle Meade.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilson County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Wilson County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Belle Meade.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Greenville County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Belle Meade.
      • Greenwood County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Greenwood County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the south southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Belle Meade.
      • York County
      • This Belle Meade is located in York County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Belle Meade.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Blount County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Belle Meade.
      • Davidson County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Davidson County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Belle Meade.
      • Hardin County
      • This Belle Meade is located in Hardin County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the west southwest of the Belle Meade that is located in Roanoke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Belle Meade.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belle Meade ...

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.

  • Castle Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
    • Castle Hill is located in Roanoke County
  • Castle Rock
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
    • Castle Rock is located in Roanoke County
  • Cave Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
    • Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
  • Crescent Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
    • Crescent Heights is located in Roanoke County
  • Crest Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crest Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Hill
    • Crest Hill is located in Roanoke County
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
    • Green Valley is located in Roanoke County
  • Greenland Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Hills
    • Greenland Hills is located in Roanoke City
  • Hidden Valley Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Valley Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Court
    • Hidden Valley Court is located in Roanoke County
  • Highfields
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highfields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfields
    • Highfields is located in Roanoke County
  • Homeplace
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeplace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeplace
    • Homeplace is located in Roanoke County
  • Homewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Homewood is located in Roanoke County
  • Hunting Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Hunting Hills is located in Roanoke County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lemon Dell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemon Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Dell
      • Lemon Dell is located in Roanoke City
    • Meadowlark
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
      • Meadowlark is located in Roanoke County
    • Narrows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
      • Narrows is located in Roanoke County
    • Peakwood Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peakwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peakwood Hills
      • Peakwood Hills is located in Roanoke City
    • Rosecrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosecrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosecrest
      • Rosecrest is located in Roanoke County
    • Scenic Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
      • Scenic Hills is located in Roanoke County
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Roanoke County
    • Springlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springlawn
      • Springlawn is located in Roanoke County
    • Sugar Loaf Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Farms
      • Sugar Loaf Farms is located in Roanoke County
    • Sugar Loaf Highlands
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Highlands
      • Sugar Loaf Highlands is located in Roanoke County
    • Sugar Loaf Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Hills
      • Sugar Loaf Hills is located in Roanoke County
    • Sunset Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
      • Sunset Hills is located in Roanoke City
    • Woods Crossing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
      • Woods Crossing is located in Roanoke County

How Far From Belle Meade to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Belle Meade to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Belle Meade to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,678 miles [7,528.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Belle Meade. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Roanoke County: www.roanokecountyva.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belle Meade) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belle Meade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2199, Longitude: -80.0103       In this case, the coordinates for Belle Meade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Belle Meade 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>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 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 Belle Meade to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.714 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.264 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.547 degrees.




 

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