Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Priceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Priceville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Priceville
- 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 Priceville:
- 34.522341, -86.887572
- 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 Priceville
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Priceville is near Limestone County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- eBird sighting report for Madison 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Priceville ...
We found ten communities that share the name Priceville.
Within Alabama, the name Priceville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Duval 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 Florida community of Priceville [Duval County].
- Kentucky
- Hart County
- This Priceville is located in Hart County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Priceville.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Priceville is located in Baltimore County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Priceville.
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- This Priceville is located in Lee County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the west of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Priceville.
- Missouri
- Pettis County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Pettis County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Priceville.
- New Brunswick
- This Priceville lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- Ontario
- This Priceville lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Priceville is located in Wayne County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Priceville.
- Quebec
- This Priceville lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- This Priceville is located in Lexington County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the east of the Priceville that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Priceville.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Priceville ...
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.
- Burningtree Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burningtree Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Cave Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Cave Springs is located in Morgan County
- Cedar Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cedar Lake is located in Morgan County
- Crowtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Flint City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint City
- Flint City is located in Morgan County
- Georgia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Hickory Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Hills is located in Morgan County
- Rockhouse Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockhouse Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse Landing
- Rockhouse Landing is located in Limestone County
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Morgan County
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Morgan County
- Six Way
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
How Far From Priceville 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 town such as Priceville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Priceville and extending to:
- Decatur, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Priceville to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Priceville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Morgan County: www.co.morgan.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 Priceville 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Priceville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Priceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5223, Longitude: -86.8876 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Priceville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Priceville 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 313.786 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.553 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.113 degrees. |