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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 Rolling Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Ridge 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 Rolling Ridge:
    • 39.544770, -85.778035
    • 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 Rolling 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
    • Since Rolling Ridge is near Rush County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rush County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Rolling Ridge

Communities Also Named Rolling Ridge ...

We found eight communities that are also named Rolling Ridge.

Within Indiana, the name Rolling Ridge is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Rolling Ridge is located in Jefferson County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the south of the Rolling Ridge that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rolling Ridge.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Rolling Ridge is located in New Castle County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rolling Ridge that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Rolling Ridge.
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Rolling Ridge is located in Gwinnett County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rolling Ridge that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Rolling Ridge.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Rolling Ridge is located in Baltimore County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east of the Rolling Ridge that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rolling Ridge.
      • Carroll County
      • This Rolling Ridge is located in Carroll County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km] to the east of the Rolling Ridge that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Rolling Ridge.
      • Howard County
      • This Rolling Ridge is located in Howard County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km] to the east of the Rolling Ridge that is located in Shelby County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Rolling Ridge.
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Rolling Ridge [Prince George's County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rolling Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling 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.

  • Boggstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clover Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clover Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
  • Freeport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Freeport is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Green Meadows
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Meadows is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Knighthood Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Knighthood Grove is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Grove
  • Knighthood Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
  • London
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • London is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
  • London Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • London Heights is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Heights
  • Marion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Rays Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
  • Sugar Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Creek is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek

How Far From Rolling Ridge 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 Rolling Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the South.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Ridge to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 469 miles [754.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rolling Ridge) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Rolling 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.
<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 Rolling Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Rolling 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 Rolling Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5448, Longitude: -85.7780       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.233 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.625 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.353 degrees.