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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgewood Park 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 Park:
    • 33.954269, -84.616878
    • 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 Park
  • 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 Cobb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
    • Since Ridgewood Park is near Paulding County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Park

Communities Also Named Ridgewood Park ...

We found seven communities that are also named Ridgewood Park.

Within Georgia, the name Ridgewood Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Ridgewood Park is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,160 miles [3,476.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ridgewood Park that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Ridgewood Park.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Ridgewood Park is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ridgewood Park that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Ridgewood Park.
    • Connecticut
      • New London 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 Connecticut community of Ridgewood Park [New London County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Ridgewood Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Ridgewood Park that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Ridgewood Park.
    • Minnesota
      • Ramsey 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 Ridgewood Park [Ramsey County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Ridgewood Park [Delaware County].
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Ridgewood Park is located in Roanoke City and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood Park that is located in Cobb County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Ridgewood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgewood Park ...

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.

  • Big Shanty Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Big Shanty Hills is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shanty Hills
  • Cherokee Trail
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cherokee Trail is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Trail
  • Elizabeth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Fair Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Fox Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fox Ridge is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
  • Hunt Club
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunt Club is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Club
  • Lakeview Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Lost Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lost Mountain is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain
  • Lost Mountain Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lost Mountain Woods is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Mountain Woods
  • Mars Hill Downs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mars Hill Downs is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Downs
  • Powder Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Powder Mill is located in Paulding County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Mill
  • Quails Nest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Quails Nest is located in Cobb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Red Rock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Red Rock is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Red Rock Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Red Rock Hills is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Hills
    • Signal Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Signal Point is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Point
    • Story ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Story is located in Cobb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story

How Far From Ridgewood Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Marietta, which is the Seat of Cobb County, lies just to the East.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Ridgewood Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 541 miles [870.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,021 miles [8,080.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ridgewood Park) 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 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 Ridgewood Park 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 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.
<4>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 Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9543, Longitude: -84.6169       In this case, the coordinates for Ridgewood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.397 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.872 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.327 degrees.