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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 Fort Ritner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Ritner 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 Fort Ritner:
- 38.773527, -86.280924
- 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 Fort Ritner
- 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 Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Since Fort Ritner is near Washington County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Fort Ritner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Ritner ...
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.
- Bono
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brimstone Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brimstone Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corners
- Erie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pinhook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pinhook is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Pleasantville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Rivervale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rivervale is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Rush Creek Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rush Creek Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Creek Valley
- Sparksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sparksville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville
How Far From Fort Ritner 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 Fort Ritner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fort Ritner and extending to:
- Bedford, which is the Seat of Lawrence County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Ritner to Bedford, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,883 miles [7,858.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Fort Ritner) 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 Fort Ritner 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 Fort Ritner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7735, Longitude: -86.2809 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.548 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.875 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.799 degrees. |
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