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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 Brompton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brompton and the surrounding area.
- 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 Brompton:
- 33.582075, -86.469566
- 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 Brompton
- 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 Saint Clair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair County
- Since Brompton is near Shelby County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Brompton
Communities Also Named Brompton ...
We found three communities that are also named Brompton.
Within Alabama, the name Brompton is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- 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 Indiana community of Brompton [Hamilton County].
- Iowa
- Monroe County
- This Brompton is located in Monroe County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Brompton that is located in Saint Clair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Brompton.
- North Carolina
- Bladen County
- 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 North Carolina community of Brompton [Bladen County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brompton ...
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.
- Braggsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Braggsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggsville
- Copper Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Copper Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Springs
- Heritage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heritage Park is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
- Hundred Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hundred Oaks is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hundred Oaks
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Margaret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moody
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Crossing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Crossing
- Parsons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Roper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Woodland Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodland Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
How Far From Brompton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brompton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brompton and extending to:
- Ashville, which is the Seat of Saint Clair County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Brompton to Ashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 640 miles [1,030 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brompton 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brompton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brompton 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 Brompton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5821, Longitude: -86.4696 In this case, the coordinates for Brompton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.48 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.07 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.149 degrees. |
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