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 Timber Ridge:
35.200978, -80.683958
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 Timber 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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 22 communities that are also named Timber Ridge.
Within North Carolina, the name Timber Ridge is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Timber Ridge is located in Jefferson County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Timber Ridge.
Arkansas
Pulaski County
This Timber Ridge is located in Pulaski County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Timber Ridge.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Timber Ridge is located in New Castle County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Timber Ridge.
Georgia
Troup County
This Timber Ridge is located in Troup County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Timber Ridge.
Illinois
Cook County
This Timber Ridge is located in Cook County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Timber Ridge.
DuPage 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 Illinois community of Timber Ridge [DuPage County].
Henry County
This Timber Ridge is located in Henry County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the northwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Timber Ridge.
McLean County
This Timber Ridge is located in McLean County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km] to the northwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Timber Ridge.
Louisiana
Saint Tammany Parish
This Timber Ridge is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Timber Ridge.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Timber Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Timber Ridge.
Carroll County
This Timber Ridge is located in Carroll County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km] to the north northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Timber Ridge.
Mississippi
Harrison County
This Timber Ridge is located in Harrison County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Timber Ridge.
Pennsylvania
York County
This Timber Ridge is located in York County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Timber Ridge.
South Carolina
Horry County
This Timber Ridge is located in Horry County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Timber Ridge.
York County
This Timber Ridge is located in York County and lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west southwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Timber Ridge.
Tennessee
Greene County
This Timber Ridge is located in Greene County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Timber Ridge.
Washington County
This Timber Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the northwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Timber Ridge.
Virginia
Frederick County
This Timber Ridge is located in Frederick County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Timber Ridge.
Goochland County
This Timber Ridge is located in Goochland County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Timber Ridge.
Rockbridge County
This Timber Ridge is located in Rockbridge County and lies 197 miles [317 km] to the north northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of Timber Ridge.
Rockingham County
This Timber Ridge is located in Rockingham County and lies 238 miles [383 km] to the north northeast of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Timber Ridge.
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
This Timber Ridge is located in Kenosha County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Timber Ridge that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Timber Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Timber 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.
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 Timber Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Timber Ridge and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Timber Ridge to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Timber 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 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 Timber 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 Timber 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 Timber Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2010, Longitude: -80.6840 In this case, the coordinates for Timber Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.13 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.444 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.45 degrees.