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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 Double Bridges, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Double Bridges 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 Double Bridges:
    • 34.232316, -86.123587
    • 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 Double Bridges
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Double Bridges is near DeKalb County and also Etowah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah 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 Double Bridges

Communities Also Named Double Bridges ...

We found two communities that are also named Double Bridges.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Double Bridges.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Double Bridges in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Henry 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 Alabama community of Double Bridges [Henry County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Double Bridges that is located in Marshall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Double Bridges.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Double Bridges ...

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.

  • Happy Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Happy Hill is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
  • Hustleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hustleville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustleville
  • Kilpatrick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kilpatrick is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilpatrick
  • Liberty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Liberty is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Lot ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lot is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
  • Marshall
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Marshall is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Painter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Painter is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter
  • Pulltight
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pulltight is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulltight
  • Rains ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rains is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
  • Red Apple ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Apple is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Apple
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Union is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Double Bridges to Guntersville, 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 128 miles [206 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 597 miles [960.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,075 miles [8,167.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Double Bridges 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 from Point A (ie- Double Bridges) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Double Bridges 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 Double Bridges. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2323, Longitude: -86.1236       In this case, the coordinates for Double Bridges have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.308 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.961 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.866 degrees.