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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 Riggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riggs 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 Riggs:
    • 39.860356, -80.452850
    • 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 Riggs
  • 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since Riggs is near Marshall County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Riggs

Communities Also Named Riggs ...

We found ten communities that are also named Riggs.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Riggs.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Bradford County
      • This Riggs is located in Bradford County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Riggs that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Riggs.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • This Riggs is located in Craighead County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Riggs that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Riggs.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in San Bernardino County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Riggs.
    • Iowa
      • Clinton County
      • This Riggs is located in Clinton County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Riggs that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Riggs.
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Riggs [Greenup County].
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • This Riggs is located in Boone County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the west of the Riggs that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Riggs.
    • Nebraska
      • Sheridan County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Sheridan County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Riggs.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Riggs is located in Ashtabula County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the north of the Riggs that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Riggs.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Riggs [Williamson County].
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Riggs [Scott County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riggs ...

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.

  • Bryan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bryan is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
  • Crabapple
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crabapple is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
  • Crows Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crows Mills is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Mills
  • Durbin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Durbin is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
  • Graysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Quiet Dell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Quiet Dell is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
  • Rocklick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
  • Wind Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wind Ridge is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Ridge
  • Windy Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Windy Gap is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Gap
  • Wolf Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wolf Run is located in Marshall County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run

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

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

  • Waynesburg, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Riggs to Waynesburg, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,998 miles [9,652.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,715 miles [10,806.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Riggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riggs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Riggs 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.
<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 Riggs 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 Riggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8604, Longitude: -80.4528       In this case, the coordinates for Riggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.895 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.865 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.837 degrees.