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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 Bridgeview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview:
    • 33.356227, -87.601119
    • 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 Bridgeview
  • 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
    • Since Bridgeview is near Fayette County and also Pickens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens 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 Bridgeview

Communities Also Named Bridgeview ...

We found five communities that are also named Bridgeview.

Within Alabama, the name Bridgeview is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Bridgeview lies 2,104 miles [3,386.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bridgeview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Bridgeview is located in Cook County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the north of the Bridgeview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Bridgeview.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Bridgeview.
    • Ontario
      • This Bridgeview lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bridgeview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
    • Oregon
      • Josephine County
      • This Bridgeview is located in Josephine County and lies 2,040 miles [3,283.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bridgeview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Josephine County community of Bridgeview.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bridgeview ...

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.

  • Burnt Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Burnt Pine is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Pine
  • Cherokee Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cherokee Shores is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Shores
  • Cove Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cove Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Park
  • Edwardian Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Edwardian Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardian Place
  • Four Winds
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Four Winds is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Winds
  • High Cliff
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • High Cliff is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Cliff
  • Holiday Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Shores is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Shores
  • Lake Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lake Cove is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cove
  • Smoke Rise
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoke Rise is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
  • Vista Granda
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Vista Granda is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Granda
  • Willow Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Willow Point is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point

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

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

  • Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bridgeview to Tuscaloosa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 701 miles [1,128.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,303 miles [11,753 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Bridgeview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bridgeview 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>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.
<4>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 Bridgeview 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 Bridgeview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3562, Longitude: -87.6011       In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.148 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.81 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.652 degrees.