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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 Old Belle Fair, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Belle Fair 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 Old Belle Fair:
- 38.552900, -77.454707
- 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 Old Belle Fair
- 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 Stafford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stafford County
- Since Old Belle Fair is near Prince William County and also Fauquier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fauquier 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 Old Belle Fair
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Belle Fair ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Apple Grove is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Combat Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Combat Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combat Village
- Davids Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Davids Crossroads is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davids Crossroads
- Dogwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dogwoods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwoods
- Dumfries
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth Park is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Fritters Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fritters Lane is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritters Lane
- Heritage Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Oaks is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Oaks
- Independent Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Independent Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent Hill
- Ivyglen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ivyglen is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivyglen
- King James Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- King James Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King James Village
- Kings Crest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Crest is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crest
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Lake Arrowhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Liberty Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Place is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Place
- Meadowlark
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadowlark is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlark
- Midway Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway Island is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Island
- Old Homestead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Homestead is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Homestead
- Park Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Patriots Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Patriots Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Landing
- Raintree
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Raintree is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rolling Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Hills is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Ruby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Settlers Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Settlers Landing is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Landing
- Skidmore Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skidmore Corner is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Corner
- Sky Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sky Terrace is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Terrace
- Skywoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skywoods is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skywoods
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Triangle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
How Far From Old Belle Fair 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 Old Belle Fair to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Old Belle Fair once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Belle Fair and extending to:
- Stafford, which is the Seat of Stafford County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Belle Fair to Stafford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,930 miles [9,543.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,634 miles [10,676.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Old Belle Fair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Old Belle Fair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Old Belle Fair 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 Old Belle Fair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5529, Longitude: -77.4547 In this case, the coordinates for Old Belle Fair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.689 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.02 degrees. |
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