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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 Belmont Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Belmont Ridge and the surrounding area.
- 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 Belmont Ridge:
- 40.165902, -81.179828
- 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 Belmont 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 Belmont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Since Belmont Ridge is near Harrison County and also Guernsey County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Guernsey 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 Belmont Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Belmont 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.
- Cabinet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cabinet is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
- Egypt
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Flushing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Loghaven
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Loghaven is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loghaven
- Londonderry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Oakgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakgrove is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
- Rock Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
How Far From Belmont 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 Belmont Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Belmont Ridge and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Belmont Ridge to Saint Clairsville, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Belmont Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Belmont 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 Belmont Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1659, Longitude: -81.1798 In this case, the coordinates for Belmont Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.331 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.057 degrees. |
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