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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 Union Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Ridge and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Union Ridge:
    • 36.207636, -79.400022
    • 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 Union Ridge
  • 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 Union Ridge ...

We found six communities that share the name Union Ridge.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Union Ridge.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Forsyth County
      • This Union Ridge is located in Forsyth County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union Ridge that is located in Alamance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Union Ridge.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian 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 Arkansas community of Union Ridge [Sebastian County].
    • Kentucky
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Union Ridge is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the west of the Union Ridge that is located in Alamance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Union Ridge.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Union Ridge is located in Columbiana County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the north of the Union Ridge that is located in Alamance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Union Ridge.
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • This Union Ridge is located in Bedford County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west of the Union Ridge that is located in Alamance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Union Ridge.
    • West Virginia
      • Cabell 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 West Virginia community of Union Ridge [Cabell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Union 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.

  • Birchwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
    • Birchwood is located in Alamance County
  • Clover Garden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Garden
    • Clover Garden is located in Alamance County
  • Green Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Alamance County
  • Green Level
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Level have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Level
    • Green Level is located in Alamance County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
  • Hunting Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Hunting Hills is located in Alamance County
  • Just Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Just Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Just Crossroads
    • Just Crossroads is located in Alamance County
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Alamance County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Alamance County
  • Spring Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Alamance County
  • Stony Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stony Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Stony Creek is located in Caswell County

How Far From Union 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 Union Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union Ridge and extending to:

  • Graham, which is the Seat of Alamance County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Union Ridge to Graham, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,114 miles [9,839.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Union Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Alamance County: www.alamance-nc.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Union Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Union Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2076, Longitude: -79.4000       In this case, the coordinates for Union 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 Union 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Union 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 309.379 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.732 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.632 degrees.




 

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