Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in The Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Village and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for The Village
- 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 The Village:
- 32.441803, -87.495279
- 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 The Village
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since The Village is near Marengo County and also Dallas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marengo County
- eBird sighting report for Dallas 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named The Village ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name The Village.
Within Alabama, the name The Village is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This The Village is located in Columbia County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of The Village.
- California
- San Bernardino County
- This The Village is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,718 miles [2,764.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of The Village.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This The Village is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of The Village.
- Baltimore County
- This The Village is located in Baltimore County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km] to the northeast of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of The Village.
- Prince George's County
- This The Village is located in Prince George's County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km] to the northeast of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of The Village.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This The Village is located in Wood County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of The Village.
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County
- This The Village is located in Oklahoma County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of The Village.
- Payne 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 Oklahoma community of The Village [Payne County].
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This The Village is located in Charleston County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of The Village.
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This The Village is located in Shelby County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of The Village.
- Texas
- Dallas 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 Texas community of The Village [Dallas County].
- Midland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of The Village [Midland County].
- Virginia
- Northumberland County
- This The Village is located in Northumberland County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Village that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of The Village.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Village ...
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.
- Freetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown is located in Perry County
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Laneville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Lyon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Rabbityard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbityard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbityard
- Rabbityard is located in Perry County
- Sugarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarville
- Sugarville is located in Perry County
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,150 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Uniontown <4>
How Far From The Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Village and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from The Village to Marion, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the east (E). 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 735 miles [1,182.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,632 miles [10,673.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,338 miles [11,809.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,215 miles [8,392.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for The Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Perry County: www.perrycounty-al.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4418, Longitude: -87.4953 In this case, the coordinates for The Village 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 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 The Village 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'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 The Village 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 314.018 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.535 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.792 degrees. |