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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 Blue Ridge:
40.192226, -93.935506
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We found nineteen communities that share the name Blue Ridge.
Within Missouri, the name Blue Ridge is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Elmore County
This Blue Ridge is located in Elmore County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Blue Ridge.
Alberta
This Blue Ridge lies 1,381 miles [2,222.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
Georgia
Fannin County
This Blue Ridge is located in Fannin County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Blue Ridge.
Illinois
Piatt County
This Blue Ridge is located in Piatt County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piatt County community of Blue Ridge.
Indiana
Shelby County
This Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Blue Ridge.
Mississippi
Jasper County
This Blue Ridge is located in Jasper County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Blue Ridge.
New York
Essex County
This Blue Ridge is located in Essex County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Blue Ridge.
North Carolina
Buncombe 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 North Carolina community of Blue Ridge [Buncombe County].
Henderson County
This Blue Ridge is located in Henderson County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Blue Ridge.
Transylvania 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 North Carolina community of Blue Ridge [Transylvania County].
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This Blue Ridge is located in Bucks County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Blue Ridge.
Franklin 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 Pennsylvania community of Blue Ridge [Franklin County].
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Blue Ridge is located in Greenville County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Blue Ridge.
Tennessee
Sullivan County
This Blue Ridge is located in Sullivan County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Blue Ridge.
Texas
Collin County
This Blue Ridge is located in Collin County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Blue Ridge.
Falls County
This Blue Ridge is located in Falls County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km] to the south southwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Blue Ridge.
Virginia
Augusta 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 Virginia community of Blue Ridge [Augusta County].
Botetourt County
This Blue Ridge is located in Botetourt County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the east of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Blue Ridge.
Washington
King County
This Blue Ridge is located in King County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Blue Ridge that is located in Harrison County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Blue Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue 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.
Bethany (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany 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 Blue Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blue Ridge and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Ridge 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 52 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blue Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1922, Longitude: -93.9355 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Ridge 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 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 Blue 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>
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 Blue Ridge 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 318.648 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.931 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.122 degrees.