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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 Ryland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ryland Heights 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 Ryland Heights:
- 38.980229, -84.473757
- 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 Ryland Heights
- 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 Kenton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton County
- Since Ryland Heights is near Campbell County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Ryland Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ryland Heights ...
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.
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Johns Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Johns Hill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Hill
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lamb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lamb is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Pool's Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pool's Creek is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool's Creek
- Silver Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Hills Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summit Hills Heights is located in Kenton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills Heights
How Far From Ryland Heights 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 city such as Ryland Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ryland Heights and extending to:
- Independence, which is the Seat of Kenton County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Ryland Heights to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 399 miles [642.1 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Ryland Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ryland Heights 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 Ryland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9802, Longitude: -84.4738 In this case, the coordinates for Ryland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.408 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.601 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.922 degrees. |
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