Bellevue House
Bellevue House is a house in Kingston, Canada. It is a National Historic Site of Canada. Nearby, Agnes Etherington Art Centre (700 m) heads a list of 11 within 15 km.
Museum in Kingston
Among the best-known places to visit in Canada
Its coverage puts it at #190 among our 5,181 Canadian places. About ↓
Inside Kingston
Bellevue House lies within the municipal boundary of Kingston. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by Parks Canada
One of the places Parks Canada looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
National Historic Site of Canada
It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
How the seasons run
From May to September, Kingston sees highs of 18–25°C.
Bellevue House
The site is looked after by Parks Canada. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Parks Canada
- Listed
- National Historic Site of Canada
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Kingston
- Official site
- parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/on/bellevue
Locating Bellevue House
Use the numbers to match each place near Bellevue House with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Kingston’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The nearest towns
The largest of the 4 towns is Kingston, with 149,527 people. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Kingston
Frontenac Islands
Loyalist
South Frontenac
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Bellevue House is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | It’s in town | 149,527 | 43 |
| Frontenac Islands | 3.8 km east of it | 1,963 | 40 |
| Loyalist | 15 km west of it | 19,761 | 5 |
| South Frontenac | 24 km northwest of it | 21,599 | 3 |
Next door to Bellevue House
11 more lie within 15 km, 7 museums and an art gallery among them.
Art galleryAgnes Etherington Art Centre700 m away2
MuseumAnn Baillie Building1 km away3
MuseumMurney Tower1.1 km away4
MuseumKingston Penitentiary900 m away5
MuseumKingston General Hospital900 m away6MuseumMuseumCanada's Penitentiary Museum800 m away7MuseumMuseumMuseum of Health Care at Kingston1 km away8MuseumMuseumMiller Museum of Geology1.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Bellevue House
Where is Bellevue House?
Bellevue House lies in Kingston, Ontario, within the municipal boundary of the town.
What is Bellevue House?
House in Kingston, Canada.
Who runs Bellevue House?
Parks Canada.
When is the best time to visit Bellevue House?
Warmth peaks in Kingston from May to September, when afternoons reach 18–25°C (ECCC normals, 1991–2020).
Is Bellevue House a designated historic place?
Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Bellevue House: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Etherington Art Centre: KingstonianW, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ann Baillie Building: Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Murney Tower: Carlb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston Penitentiary: P199, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kingston General Hospital: P199, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).