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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 Cherry Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Ridge and the surrounding area.
- 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 Cherry Ridge:
- 39.626655, -104.938869
- 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 Cherry 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 Arapahoe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Arapahoe County
- Since Cherry Ridge is near Denver County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denver County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Cherry Ridge
Communities Also Named Cherry Ridge ...
We found five communities that are also named Cherry Ridge.
Within Colorado, the name Cherry Ridge is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Cherry Ridge is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cherry Ridge that is located in Arapahoe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Cherry Ridge.
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cherry Ridge [Union Parish].
- Montana
- Blaine County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cherry Ridge [Blaine County].
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Cherry Ridge [Camden County].
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Cherry Ridge is located in Wayne County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cherry Ridge that is located in Arapahoe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cherry Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry 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.
- Bear Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Carriage Club
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
- Centennial
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Creek is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Cherry Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
- Coventry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coventry is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Greenwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harbor Pointe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harbor Pointe is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Pointe
- Havana Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Havana Village is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Village
- Heather Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heather Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Ridge
- Heritage Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Littleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Meadow Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Meadow Hills is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Park Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
- Pheasant Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pheasant Run is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Ruby Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby Hill is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
- Southpark
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Southpark is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southpark
- Sundown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sundown is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
- University Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- University Hills is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
- University Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- University Park is located in Denver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Willow Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From Cherry 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 Cherry Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherry Ridge and extending to:
- Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,486 miles [2,391.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cherry Ridge to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 85 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,640 miles [12,295.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cherry Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Cherry Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Cherry 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. |
| <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 Cherry 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 Cherry Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6267, Longitude: -104.9389 In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.482 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.973 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.956 degrees. |
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