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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 Center Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Center Ridge 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 Center Ridge:
    • 31.196007, -85.924938
    • 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 Center Ridge
  • 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 Geneva County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva County
    • Since Center Ridge is near Coffee County and also Dale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dale 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 Center Ridge

Communities Also Named Center Ridge ...

We found nine communities that are also named Center Ridge.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Center Ridge.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Crenshaw County
      • This Center Ridge is located in Crenshaw County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Center Ridge that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Center Ridge.
    • Pike 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 Alabama community of Center Ridge [Pike County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clark 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 Arkansas community of Center Ridge [Clark County].
      • Conway County
      • This Center Ridge is located in Conway County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Center Ridge that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Center Ridge.
    • Florida
      • Walton County
      • This Center Ridge is located in Walton County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Center Ridge that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Center Ridge.
    • Mississippi
      • Kemper County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Center Ridge [Kemper County].
      • Newton County
      • This Center Ridge is located in Newton County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Center Ridge that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Center Ridge.
      • Smith County
      • This Center Ridge is located in Smith County and lies 215 miles [346 km] to the west northwest of the Center Ridge that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Center Ridge.
      • Winston County
      • This Center Ridge is located in Winston County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the northwest of the Center Ridge that is located in Geneva County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Center Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Center 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.

  • Chancellor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chancellor is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
  • Coffee Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Coffee Springs is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
  • Damascus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Damascus is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Enterprise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Goodman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Goodman is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
  • Green Acres
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Griffin Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Griffin Heights is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin Heights
  • Highfalls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Highfalls is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfalls
  • Piney Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Sellersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sellersville is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellersville
  • Singing Brook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Singing Brook is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Brook
  • Spears
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Spears is located in Geneva County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears

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

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

  • Geneva, which is the Seat of Geneva County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Center Ridge to Geneva, 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.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,201 miles [8,370.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Center Ridge) 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 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 Center 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 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>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 Center Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Center Ridge 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 Center Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1960, Longitude: -85.9249       In this case, the coordinates for Center Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.998 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.183 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.435 degrees.