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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 Indian Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Ridge 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 Indian Ridge:
- 39.218054, -95.475253
- 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 Indian 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Indian Ridge is near Douglas County and also Shawnee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawnee 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 Indian Ridge
Communities Also Named Indian Ridge ...
We found five communities that are also named Indian Ridge.
Within Kansas, the name Indian Ridge is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Indian Ridge is located in Cook County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Indian Ridge that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Indian Ridge.
- McHenry 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 Illinois community of Indian Ridge [McHenry County].
- Ohio
- Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Indian Ridge [Hamilton County].
- Tennessee
- Grainger 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 Tennessee community of Indian Ridge [Grainger County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Indian Ridge [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian 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.
- Big Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Big Springs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Carbon ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carbon is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
- Grantville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grantville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Grover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Half Mound
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Lake Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Rock Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Silver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Indian Ridge 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 Indian Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Ridge and extending to:
- Oskaloosa, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Indian Ridge to Topeka, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 987 miles [1,588.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,344 miles [11,819 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,236 miles [8,426.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Indian 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 Indian 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Indian 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 Indian Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2181, Longitude: -95.4753 In this case, the coordinates for Indian Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.653 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.967 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.084 degrees. |
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