Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ruth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ruth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ruth
- 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 Ruth:
- 35.382544, -81.944941
- 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 Ruth
- 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 Rutherford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
- Since Ruth is near Polk County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Ruth ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Ruth.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Ruth.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge 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 Kentucky community of Ruth [Breckinridge County].
- Caldwell County
- This Ruth is located in Caldwell County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ruth that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Ruth.
- Pulaski County
- This Ruth is located in Pulaski County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the northwest of the Ruth that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Ruth.
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Jasper 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 Missouri community of Ruth [Jasper County].
- Stone County
- This Ruth is located in Stone County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ruth that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Ruth.
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Ruth is located in Benton County and lies 2,079 miles [3,345.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ruth that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Ruth.
- Lewis County
- This Ruth is located in Lewis County and lies 2,251 miles [3,622.6 km] to the west northwest of the Ruth that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Ruth.
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Ruth is located in Kanawha County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the north of the Ruth that is located in Rutherford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Ruth.
- Mercer County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ruth [Mercer County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruth ...
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.
- Cuba ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Danieltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Danieltown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danieltown
- Danieltown is located in Rutherford County
- Forest City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Forest City is located in Rutherford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,138 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <5>
- Frog Level
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frog Level have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Level
- Frog Level is located in Rutherford County
- Green Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Green Hill is located in Rutherford County
- Pinecrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Sandy Mush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County
- Sunshine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Thermal Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thermal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thermal Valley
- Thermal Valley is located in Rutherford County
- Trio ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Union Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Mills <5>
How Far From Ruth 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 town such as Ruth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ruth and extending to:
- Rutherfordton, which is the Seat of Rutherford County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ruth to Raleigh, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 363 miles [584.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ruth. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rutherford County: www.rutherfordcountync.gov/
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 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 Ruth 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ruth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3825, Longitude: -81.9449 In this case, the coordinates for Ruth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Ruth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ruth 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 310.863 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.311 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.893 degrees. |