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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 Wigginsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wigginsville 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 Wigginsville:
    • 34.799533, -86.912505
    • 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 Wigginsville
  • 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
    • Since Wigginsville is near Colbert County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Colbert County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Wigginsville

Communities Also Named Wigginsville ...

We found three communities that are also named Wigginsville.

Within Alabama, the name Wigginsville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Marion 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 Georgia community of Wigginsville [Marion County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Wigginsville [Middlesex County].
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Wigginsville is located in Montgomery County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wigginsville that is located in Limestone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wigginsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wigginsville ...

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.

  • Bonnie Doone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonnie Doone is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Doone
  • Cloverleaf
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverleaf is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
  • Cottonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cottonwood is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • French Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • French Mill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mill
  • Holland Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Holland Place is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Place
  • Indian Trace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Trace is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trace
  • Mayflower
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mayflower is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
  • Meadowbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Piney Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Piney Chapel is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Chapel
  • Yorkshire
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Yorkshire is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

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

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies just to the West.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Wigginsville to Montgomery, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 614 miles [988.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 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 Wigginsville 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wigginsville) 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 Wigginsville 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 Wigginsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7995, Longitude: -86.9125       In this case, the coordinates for Wigginsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.816 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.626 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.061 degrees.