Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dry Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dry Ridge
- 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 Dry Ridge:
- 39.259364, -84.618909
- 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 Dry 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Dry Ridge is near Butler County and also Dearborn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Butler County
- eBird sighting report for Dearborn 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 Dry Ridge ...
We found two communities that share the name Dry Ridge.
Within Ohio, the name Dry Ridge is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry 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.
- Atomic View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atomic View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atomic View
- Atomic View is located in Butler County
- Bevis
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Birdland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Blue Jay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Blue Jay is located in Hamilton County
- Dent
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Fairplay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Forest Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest Park <4>
- Greenhills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenhills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
- Greenhills is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,553 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenhills <4>
- Lynnview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Mount Healthy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Healthy
- Mount Healthy is located in Hamilton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,799 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Healthy <4>
- Pleasant Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasant Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Pleasant Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Run is located in Hamilton County
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- Pleasant Run Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Run Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run Farm
- Pleasant Run Farm is located in Hamilton County
- Shaker Village ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shaker Village is located in Hamilton County
- Spring Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadows
- Spring Meadows is located in Hamilton County
- Wyoming Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Meadows
- Wyoming Meadows is located in Hamilton County
- Pleasant Run Farm
How Far From Dry 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 Dry Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dry Ridge and extending to:
- Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Ridge to Cincinnati, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 407 miles [655 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dry Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 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 Dry 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dry Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dry Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2594, Longitude: -84.6189 |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dry 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 312.499 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.744 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.905 degrees. |