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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 Belmont Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belmont Park 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 Belmont Park:
    • 38.662617, -77.204981
    • 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 Belmont Park
  • 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 Belmont Park ...

We found six communities that share the name Belmont Park.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Belmont Park.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Loudoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Belmont Park [Loudoun County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Belmont Park lies 2,371 miles [3,815.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Belmont Park that is located in Fairfax County.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Belmont Park is located in Cook County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Belmont Park that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Belmont Park.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Belmont Park is located in Trumbull County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Belmont Park that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Belmont Park.
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Belmont Park [Potter County].
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell County
      • This Belmont Park is located in Cabell County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the west of the Belmont Park that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Belmont Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belmont Park ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Cloverdale is located in Prince William County
  • Dale City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dale City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale City
    • Dale City is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dale City <4>
  • Featherstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Featherstone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherstone
    • Featherstone is located in Prince William County
  • Forestdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
    • Forestdale is located in Prince William County
  • Green Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
    • Green Meadows is located in Charles County (MD)
  • Harbor View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
    • Harbor View is located in Fairfax County
  • Indian Head
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
    • Indian Head is located in Charles County (MD)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,787 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indian Head <4>
  • Knotts Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knotts Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Crossing
    • Knotts Crossing is located in Charles County (MD)
  • Perry Wright
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry Wright have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Wright
    • Perry Wright is located in Charles County (MD)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pomonkey Landing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomonkey Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomonkey Landing
      • Pomonkey Landing is located in Charles County (MD)
    • Raceway Farms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raceway Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceway Farms
      • Raceway Farms is located in Fairfax County
    • Riverwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
      • Riverwood is located in Fairfax County
    • Rollingwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
      • Rollingwood is located in Fairfax County
    • Woodlawn
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Woodlawn is located in Fairfax County
    • Yacht Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yacht Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yacht Haven
      • Yacht Haven is located in Fairfax County

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Belmont Park to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 5 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 18 miles [29 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,915 miles [9,519.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Fairfax County: www.co.fairfax.va.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Belmont Park 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Belmont Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belmont Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6626, Longitude: -77.2050       In this case, the coordinates for Belmont Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Belmont Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.003 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.532 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.875 degrees.




 

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