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 Spring Ridge:
40.352870, -75.989936
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 Spring 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 Berks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found seven communities that are also named Spring Ridge.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Spring Ridge is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Spring Ridge is located in Caddo Parish and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Spring Ridge.
Catahoula Parish
This Spring Ridge is located in Catahoula Parish and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km] to the west southwest of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catahoula Parish community of Spring Ridge.
Sabine Parish
This Spring Ridge is located in Sabine Parish and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km] to the west southwest of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine Parish community of Spring Ridge.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Spring Ridge is located in Frederick County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Spring Ridge.
Saint Mary's County
This Spring Ridge is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the south of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Spring Ridge.
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Spring Ridge is located in Hinds County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Spring Ridge.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Spring Ridge is located in Fairfax County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Spring Ridge that is located in Berks County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Spring Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring 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.
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 Spring Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Ridge and extending to:
Reading, which is the Seat of Berks County, lies just to the East Southeast.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Spring Ridge to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,792 miles [9,321.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,377 miles [7,044.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Spring 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 Spring Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3529, Longitude: -75.9899 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.16 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.838 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.683 degrees.