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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 Sedgefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield:
    • 32.183759, -85.704672
    • 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 Sedgefield
  • 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 Bullock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bullock County
    • Since Sedgefield is near Macon County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Sedgefield

Communities Also Named Sedgefield ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Sedgefield.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Sedgefield.

Beyond Alabama, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Dallas County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Dallas County and lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Sedgefield.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Clarke County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Sedgefield.
      • Columbia County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Columbia County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Sedgefield.
      • Houston County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Houston County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the east northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Sedgefield.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris 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 New Jersey community of Sedgefield [Morris County].
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Guilford County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Sedgefield.
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Sedgefield.
      • New Hanover County
      • This Sedgefield is located in New Hanover County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the east northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Sedgefield.
      • Orange County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Orange County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km] to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Sedgefield.
      • Pitt County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Pitt County and lies 530 miles [853 km] to the east northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Sedgefield.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Anderson County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Sedgefield.
      • Berkeley County
      • This Sedgefield is located in Berkeley County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km] to the east of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Sedgefield.
      • York County
      • This Sedgefield is located in York County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Sedgefield.
    • Virginia
      • Newport News City
      • This Sedgefield is located in Newport News City and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sedgefield that is located in Bullock County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Sedgefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sedgefield ...

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.

  • Bread Tray Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bread Tray Hill is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Tray Hill
  • Bruceville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruceville is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
  • Cornerstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cornerstone is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone
  • Cotton Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cotton Valley is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Valley
  • Downs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Downs is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
  • Hardaway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hardaway is located in Macon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardaway
  • Jenkins Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jenkins Crossroads is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Crossroads
  • Ox Level
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ox Level is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ox Level
  • Peachburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Peachburg is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachburg
  • Three Notch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Three Notch is located in Bullock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Notch
  • Union Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Union Springs, which is the Seat of Bullock County, lies just to the South.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Sedgefield to Montgomery, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,147 miles [8,283.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sedgefield) 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 Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1838, Longitude: -85.7047       In this case, the coordinates for Sedgefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.94 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.252 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.15 degrees.