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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 Big Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Ridge 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 Big Ridge:
- 35.206487, -83.089864
- 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 Big Ridge
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Big Ridge is near Transylvania County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Transylvania County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Big Ridge
Communities Also Named Big Ridge ...
We found four communities that are also named Big Ridge.
Within North Carolina, the name Big Ridge is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- This Big Ridge is located in Walker County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Big Ridge that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Big Ridge.
- Louisiana
- Caldwell Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Big Ridge [Caldwell Parish].
- Missouri
- New Madrid County
- This Big Ridge is located in New Madrid County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Big Ridge that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Big Ridge.
- Nova Scotia
- This Big Ridge lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Big Ridge that is located in Jackson County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big 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.
- Cashiers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fallcliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fallcliff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallcliff
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Indian Place is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Place
- Island Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Island Ford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Ford
- Mountain Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Rich Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rich Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
- Sapphire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shookville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shookville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shookville
- Speedwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Speedwell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Wolf Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Mountain is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Mountain
- Wolf Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wolf Ridge is located in Transylvania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Ridge
How Far From Big Ridge 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 community such as Big Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Ridge and extending to:
- Sylva, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Big Ridge to Sylva, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,022 miles [11,300.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,899 miles [7,884.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Big Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Big 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Big Ridge 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 Big Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2065, Longitude: -83.0899 In this case, the coordinates for Big Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.534 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.056 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.40 degrees. |
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