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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 Ritchie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ritchie 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 Ritchie:
- 37.959773, -87.038886
- 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 Ritchie
- 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 Spencer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- Since Ritchie is near Hancock County and also Daviess County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess 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 Ritchie
Communities Also Named Ritchie ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Ritchie.
Within Indiana, the name Ritchie is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Union County
- This Ritchie is located in Union County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Ritchie.
- British Columbia
- This Ritchie lies 2,243 miles [3,609.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Ritchie is located in Will County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Ritchie.
- Kentucky
- Knott County
- This Ritchie is located in Knott County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knott County community of Ritchie.
- Louisiana
- Acadia 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 Ritchie [Acadia Parish].
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Ritchie is located in Prince George's County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the east of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Ritchie.
- New Brunswick
- This Ritchie lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- North Carolina
- Stanly 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 North Carolina community of Ritchie [Stanly County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Ritchie is located in Clinton County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Ritchie.
- Saskatchewan
- This Ritchie lies 1,189 miles [1,913.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Ritchie is located in Claiborne County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Ritchie.
- Texas
- McLennan County
- This Ritchie is located in McLennan County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ritchie that is located in Spencer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Ritchie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ritchie ...
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.
- Africa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Africa is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Centerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clay City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clay City is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Mill is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mill
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberal is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Patronville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patronville is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patronville
- Pigeon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pigeon is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Rock Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rockport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Silverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silverdale is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
How Far From Ritchie 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 Ritchie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ritchie and extending to:
- Rockport, which is the Seat of Spencer County, lies just to the South.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Ritchie to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 544 miles [875.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,348 miles [10,216.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,950 miles [7,966.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Ritchie) 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 Ritchie, 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 Ritchie 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 Ritchie 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 Ritchie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9598, Longitude: -87.0389 In this case, the coordinates for Ritchie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.014 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.295 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.357 degrees. |
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