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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 Bridgeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bridgeville 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 Bridgeville:
    • 43.135865, -84.592771
    • 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 Bridgeville
  • 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 Bridgeville ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Bridgeville.

Within Michigan, the name Bridgeville is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Pickens County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Bridgeville.
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,007 miles [3,230 km]<1> to the west of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Bridgeville.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Sussex County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Bridgeville.
    • Kentucky
      • Bracken County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Bracken County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the south of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Bridgeville.
      • Robertson 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 Kentucky community of Bridgeville [Robertson County].
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Warren County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Bridgeville.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Sullivan County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the east of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Bridgeville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Bridgeville lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Muskingum County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Bridgeville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Bridgeville is located in Allegheny County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Bridgeville.
      • York County
      • This Bridgeville is located in York County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the east southeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Bridgeville.
    • Quebec
      • This Bridgeville lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bridgeville that is located in Gratiot County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bridgeville ...

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.

  • Bannister
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Elsie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Eugene
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eugene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
    • Eugene is located in Gratiot County
  • Eureka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Clinton County
  • Fowler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ithaca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ithaca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Ithaca is located in Gratiot County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,744 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <3>
  • Maple Rapids
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Rapids
    • Maple Rapids is located in Clinton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
  • Pompeii
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sickles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sickles
    • Sickles is located in Gratiot County

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

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

  • Ithaca, which is the Seat of Gratiot County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bridgeville to Ithaca, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bridgeville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gratiot County: www.co.gratiot.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

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- Bridgeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bridgeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1359, Longitude: -84.5928       In this case, the coordinates for Bridgeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Bridgeville 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>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 Bridgeville 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 312.40 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.20 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.66 degrees.




 

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