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 Ridgewood:
30.505467, -91.032048
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.
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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 41 communities that share the name Ridgewood.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Ridgewood.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 40 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Louisiana ...
Caddo Parish
This Ridgewood is located in Caddo Parish and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Ridgewood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Ridgewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ridgewood.
Madison County
This Ridgewood is located in Madison County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Ridgewood.
Pike County
This Ridgewood is located in Pike County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Ridgewood.
California
Placer County
This Ridgewood is located in Placer County and lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Ridgewood.
Colorado
Boulder County
This Ridgewood is located in Boulder County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Ridgewood.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Ridgewood is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,270 miles [2,043.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Ridgewood.
New London County
This Ridgewood is located in New London County and lies 1,290 miles [2,076.1 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Ridgewood.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Ridgewood is located in New Castle County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Ridgewood.
Florida
Alachua 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 Florida community of Ridgewood [Alachua County].
Clay County
This Ridgewood is located in Clay County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the east of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Ridgewood.
Polk County
This Ridgewood is located in Polk County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km] to the east southeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Ridgewood.
Putnam 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 Florida community of Ridgewood [Putnam County].
Georgia
Chatham County
This Ridgewood is located in Chatham County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Ridgewood.
Clayton County
This Ridgewood is located in Clayton County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Ridgewood.
Gwinnett County
This Ridgewood is located in Gwinnett County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Ridgewood.
Richmond County
This Ridgewood is located in Richmond County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Ridgewood.
Illinois
Cook 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 Ridgewood [Cook County].
Will County
This Ridgewood is located in Will County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the north of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Ridgewood.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Ridgewood is located in Morgan County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Ridgewood.
Maryland
Saint Mary's County
This Ridgewood is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Ridgewood.
New Jersey
Bergen County
This Ridgewood is located in Bergen County and lies 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bergen County community of Ridgewood.
New York
Niagara County
This Ridgewood is located in Niagara County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Ridgewood.
Oneida 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 New York community of Ridgewood [Oneida County].
Queens County
This Ridgewood is located in Queens County and lies 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Ridgewood.
North Carolina
Rowan County
This Ridgewood is located in Rowan County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Ridgewood.
Union County
This Ridgewood is located in Union County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Ridgewood.
Wake County
This Ridgewood is located in Wake County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Ridgewood.
Wayne County
This Ridgewood is located in Wayne County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Ridgewood.
Ohio
Clark County
This Ridgewood is located in Clark County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Ridgewood.
Muskingum 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 Ridgewood [Muskingum County].
Ontario
This Ridgewood lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Ridgewood is located in Berks County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Ridgewood.
Luzerne County
This Ridgewood is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Ridgewood.
South Carolina
Charleston 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 South Carolina community of Ridgewood [Charleston County].
Oconee County
This Ridgewood is located in Oconee County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Ridgewood.
Richland 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 South Carolina community of Ridgewood [Richland County].
Tennessee
Bradley County
This Ridgewood is located in Bradley County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Ridgewood.
Campbell County
This Ridgewood is located in Campbell County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Ridgewood.
Jefferson County
This Ridgewood is located in Jefferson County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km] to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ridgewood.
West Virginia
Cabell County
This Ridgewood is located in Cabell County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgewood that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Ridgewood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgewood ...
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.
Bon Dickey (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Dickey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Ridgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgewood and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Ridgewood to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 56 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,584 miles [12,205.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,460 miles [8,787 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- Ridgewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5055, Longitude: -91.0320 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Ridgewood 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 parish. 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>
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.
<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 Ridgewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.97 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.541 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.514 degrees.