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Communities Also Named Valley Ridge ...

We found nine communities that share the name Valley Ridge.

Within Alberta, the name Valley Ridge is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Valley Ridge [Howard County].
    • Minnesota
      • Dakota 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 Minnesota community of Valley Ridge [Dakota County].
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • This Valley Ridge is located in Dunklin County and lies 1,554 miles [2,500.9 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Valley Ridge.
    • Nebraska
      • Blaine County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Blaine County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Valley Ridge.
    • Texas
      • Brazos County
      • Although located in Brazos County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Valley Ridge.
      • Tarrant County
      • This Valley Ridge is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Valley Ridge.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Valley Ridge is located in Salt Lake County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<3> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Valley Ridge.
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany 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 Virginia community of Valley Ridge [Alleghany County].
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of Valley Ridge [King County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Ridge ...

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.

  • Balzac
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balzac came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Balzac <5>
  • Coral Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Forest Lawn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Lawn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
  • Haysboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysboro
  • Heritage Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Highwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
  • Jumping Pound
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Signal Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunnyside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Two Guns
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Guns
  • Vista Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

How Far From Valley Ridge 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 Valley Ridge to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Ridge to Edmonton, with an average speed<6>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 National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,254 miles [8,455.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Valley Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Valley Ridge 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 . 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Valley Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Valley Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.0957, Longitude: -114.2518    
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Valley Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.395 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.205 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.068 degrees.









 

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