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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 Bridgeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bridgeville 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 Bridgeville:
    • 33.104846, -88.141971
    • 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 Bridgeville
  • 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 Pickens County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pickens County
    • Since Bridgeville is near Greene County and also Noxubee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Noxubee 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 Bridgeville

Communities Also Named Bridgeville ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Bridgeville.

Within Alabama, the name Bridgeville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,021 miles [3,252.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Bridgeville.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Sussex County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Bridgeville.
    • Kentucky
      • Bracken County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Bracken County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Bridgeville.
      • Robertson 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 Kentucky community of Bridgeville [Robertson County].
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Gratiot County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Bridgeville.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Warren County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Bridgeville.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Sullivan County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Bridgeville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Bridgeville lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Bridgeville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Allegheny County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Bridgeville.
      • York County
      • This Bridgeville is located in York County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km] to the northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Bridgeville.
    • Quebec
      • This Bridgeville lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Pickens County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bridgeville ...

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.

  • Aliceville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Clark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clark is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Dancy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dancy is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy
  • Dillburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Dillburg is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillburg
  • Foxtrap ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Foxtrap is located in Noxubee County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtrap
  • Hickory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
  • Pickensville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickensville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ridge is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Stones Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Stones Ferry is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Ferry

How Far From Bridgeville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bridgeville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Pickens County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bridgeville to Carrollton, with an average speed<4> 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 118 miles [189.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 737 miles [1,186.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bridgeville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bridgeville 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bridgeville 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 Bridgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1048, Longitude: -88.1420       In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.135 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.921 degrees.