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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 Bon Secour, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bon Secour 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 Bon Secour:
    • 30.315479, -87.729432
    • 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 Bon Secour
  • 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 Bon Secour ...

We found one communities that share the name Bon Secour.

Within Alabama, the name Bon Secour is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Bon Secour in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Saint James Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Bon Secour [Saint James Parish].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bon Secour ...

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 Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Baldwin County
  • Fobbs Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fobbs Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fobbs Ferry
    • Fobbs Ferry is located in Baldwin County
  • Gulf Highlands
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulf Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Highlands
    • Gulf Highlands is located in Baldwin County
  • Gulf Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulf Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Shores
    • Gulf Shores is located in Baldwin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,166 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gulf Shores <3>
  • Magnolia Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Beach
    • Orange Beach is located in Baldwin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,343 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange Beach <3>
  • Oyster Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay
    • Oyster Bay is located in Baldwin County
  • River Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
    • River Park is located in Baldwin County
  • Swift
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swift have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Swift is located in Baldwin County
  • Turkey Branch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Branch
    • Turkey Branch is located in Baldwin County

How Far From Bon Secour 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 Bon Secour to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Bon Secour and extending to:

  • Bay Minette, which is the Seat of Baldwin County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<4> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bon Secour to Bay Minette, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 847 miles [1,363.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,322 miles [8,564.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Baldwin County: www.co.baldwin.al.us/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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 Bon Secour 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bon Secour) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bon Secour. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3155, Longitude: -87.7294       In this case, the coordinates for Bon Secour have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bon Secour 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 313.972 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.192 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.273 degrees.




 

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