Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ringgold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ringgold and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ringgold
- 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 Ringgold:
- 39.709539, -77.566657
- 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 Ringgold
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Ringgold is near Franklin County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Ringgold ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Ringgold.
Within Maryland, the name Ringgold is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Platte County
- Although located in Platte County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Ringgold.
- Nebraska
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ringgold [Dawson County].
- McPherson County
- This Ringgold is located in McPherson County and lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ringgold that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Ringgold.
- Ohio
- Morgan County
- This Ringgold is located in Morgan County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the west of the Ringgold that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Ringgold.
- Pickaway County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ringgold [Pickaway County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ringgold ...
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.
- Beartown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Browns Store ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Store have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Browns Store is located in Washington County
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Cavetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Cavetown is located in Washington County
- Chewsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chewsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Chewsville is located in Washington County
- Greenvale Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County
- Havenwood Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havenwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenwood Hills
- Havenwood Hills is located in Washington County
- Highfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Highfield - Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Holiday Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Farms
- Holiday Farms is located in Washington County
- Roadside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Rocky Forge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forge
- Rocky Forge is located in Washington County
- Tomstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Ringgold to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ringgold to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ringgold and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ringgold to Hagerstown, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 62 miles [99.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ringgold. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ringgold) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ringgold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7095, Longitude: -77.5667 In this case, the coordinates for Ringgold have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Ringgold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ringgold 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. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Ringgold 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 308.152 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.862 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.626 degrees. |