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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 Ridgewood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgewood Village 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 Ridgewood Village:
    • 32.586246, -85.523561
    • 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 Ridgewood Village
  • 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
    • Since Ridgewood Village is near Macon County and also Chambers 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 Chambers 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 Ridgewood Village

Communities Also Named Ridgewood Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Ridgewood Village.

Within Alabama, the name Ridgewood Village is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Ridgewood Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • This Ridgewood Village is located in Genesee County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood Village that is located in Lee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Ridgewood Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgewood Village ...

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.

  • Beehive
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beehive is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive
  • Cedar Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Brook is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
  • Cloverleaf
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cloverleaf is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverleaf
  • Forestdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Forestdale is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
  • Granite Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Granite Hills is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Hills
  • James
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • James is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Oak Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Hollow is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
  • Pickwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pickwood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwood
  • Ridge Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Ridge Grove is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Grove
  • Sand Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sand Hill is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Stonegate
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Stonegate is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
  • Tanglewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tanglewood is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
  • Twin Creeks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Creeks is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks

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

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

  • Opelika, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ridgewood Village to Opelika, with an average speed<2> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgewood Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Ridgewood Village 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 Ridgewood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5862, Longitude: -85.5236       In this case, the coordinates for Ridgewood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.86 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.215 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.994 degrees.