Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Long Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Ridge
- 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 Long Ridge:
- 35.808998, -82.543744
- 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 Long 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Long Ridge is near Buncombe County and also Yancey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Buncombe County
- eBird sighting report for Yancey 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 Long Ridge ...
We found six communities that share the name Long Ridge.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Long Ridge.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Long Ridge [Washington County].
- Washington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Long Ridge that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Long Ridge.
- Kentucky
- Cumberland County
- This Long Ridge is located in Cumberland County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Long Ridge that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Long Ridge.
- Owen County
- This Long Ridge is located in Owen County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the north northwest of the Long Ridge that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Long Ridge.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Long Ridge that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Long Ridge.
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- This Long Ridge is located in Chesapeake City and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the east of the Long Ridge that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Long Ridge.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.
- California
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- California is located in Madison County
- Democrat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County
- Flat Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County
- Forks of Ivy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of Ivy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Ivy
- Forks of Ivy is located in Buncombe County
- Ivy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Ivy is located in Madison County
- Jupiter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Mars Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Mars Hill is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,881 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mars Hill <4>
- Paint Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paint Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Fork
- Paint Fork is located in Madison County
- Rockview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Terry Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Fork
- Terry Fork is located in Madison County
How Far From Long Ridge 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 Long Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Ridge and extending to:
- Marshall, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Long Ridge to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 369 miles [593.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,972 miles [11,220.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Long 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8090, Longitude: -82.5437 In this case, the coordinates for Long Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Long 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 311.22 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.782 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.012 degrees. |