Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ruth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ruth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ruth
- 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 Ruth:
- 37.108658, -87.748621
- 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 Ruth
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Ruth is near Hopkins County and also Christian County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- eBird sighting report for Christian 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 Ruth ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Ruth.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Ruth.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Breckinridge County
- Pulaski County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ruth [Jasper County].
- Stone County
- This Ruth is located in Stone County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the west of the Ruth that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Ruth.
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ruth [Forsyth County].
- Rutherford County
- This Ruth is located in Rutherford County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ruth that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Ruth.
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Ruth is located in Benton County and lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ruth that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Ruth.
- Lewis County
- This Ruth is located in Lewis County and lies 1,914 miles [3,080.3 km] to the west northwest of the Ruth that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ruth.
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Ruth is located in Kanawha County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ruth that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Ruth.
- Mercer County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ruth [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruth ...
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.
- Cedar Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Cedar Bluff is located in Caldwell County
- Dawson Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Springs
- Dawson Springs is located in Hopkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,629 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dawson Springs <5>
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Caldwell County
- Lakeshore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lewistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Murphy Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Ford
- Murphy Ford is located in Hopkins County
- Otter Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Pond
- Otter Pond is located in Caldwell County
- Pumpkin Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Caldwell County
How Far From Ruth 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 Ruth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ruth and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Ruth to Frankfort, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 595 miles [957.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,142 miles [11,493.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,018 miles [8,075.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ruth. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.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 Ruth 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ruth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1087, Longitude: -87.7486 In this case, the coordinates for Ruth 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 Ruth, 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 Ruth 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 314.437 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.662 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.885 degrees. |