Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ripley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ripley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ripley
- 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 Ripley:
- 41.100596, -86.660290
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ripley
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Ripley is near Starke County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Starke County
- eBird sighting report for Fulton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ripley ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Ripley.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Ripley.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Maine
- Somerset County
- This Ripley is located in Somerset County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ripley that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Ripley.
- Washington County
- This Ripley is located in Washington County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the east northeast of the Ripley that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ripley.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Ripley lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ripley that is located in Pulaski County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ripley ...
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.
- Bass Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Bass Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bass Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Station
- Bass Station is located in Starke County
- Beardstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Guise Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guise Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guise Park
- Guise Park is located in Fulton County
- Lake Bruce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Lena Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Radioville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radioville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radioville
- Radioville is located in Pulaski County
- Star City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Star City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star City <5>
- Toto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toto
- Toto is located in Starke County
How Far From Ripley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ripley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ripley and extending to:
- Winamac, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Ripley to Indianapolis, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 530 miles [853 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ripley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ripley 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ripley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ripley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1006, Longitude: -86.6603 In this case, the coordinates for Ripley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Ripley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Ripley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.80 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.495 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.319 degrees. |