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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 Bellwood Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bellwood Terrace 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 Bellwood Terrace:
- 37.417370, -77.434428
- 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 Bellwood Terrace
- 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
- Since Bellwood Terrace is near Richmond City and also Henrico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico 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 Bellwood Terrace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bellwood Terrace ...
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.
- Cedar Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Farm is located in Richmond City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farm
- Cherry Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry Gardens is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Gardens
- Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chimney Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chimney Corner is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Courthouse Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Courthouse Green is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courthouse Green
- Crescent Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Crescent Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Dutch Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dutch Gap is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Gap
- Edenshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Edenshire is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenshire
- Fairpines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairpines is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpines
- Fawnbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fawnbrook is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawnbrook
- Gay Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gay Farms is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Farms
- Grove Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grove Place is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Place
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Indian Springs is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Jean Court
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jean Court is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Court
- Kings Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kings Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Forest
- Land O'Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Land O'Pines is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land O'Pines
- Lost Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Forest is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Forest
- Pebble Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pebble Spring is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Spring
- Piney Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Knolls is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Knolls
- Quail Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quail Oaks is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Oaks
How Far From Bellwood Terrace 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 Bellwood Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bellwood Terrace and extending to:
- Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Bellwood Terrace to White House, with an average speed<3>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 4 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bellwood Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bellwood Terrace 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 Bellwood Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4174, Longitude: -77.4344 In this case, the coordinates for Bellwood Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.203 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.57 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.431 degrees. |
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