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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 Country Club Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club 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 Country Club Ridge:
    • 40.016779, -74.895444
    • 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 Country Club 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Country Club Ridge is near Bucks County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Country Club Ridge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club 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.

  • Beverly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Beverly is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Deacons
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deacons is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacons
  • Echo Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
  • Echo Reach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Reach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Reach
  • Edgewater Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Maple Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Maple Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
  • Martins Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Martins Beach is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Beach
  • Orchard View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Orchard View is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Pennypacker Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pennypacker Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Park
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pheasant Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Riverside Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Riverside Park is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Sharper
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sharper is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharper
    • Skin Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Skin Corner is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skin Corner
    • Twin Hill Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Twin Hill Park is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hill Park
    • Woodlane
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Woodlane is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlane

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Country Club Ridge and extending to:

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Country Club Ridge to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,760 miles [9,269.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Country Club Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Country Club 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 Country Club Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0168, Longitude: -74.8954       In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.539 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.081 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.352 degrees.