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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 Long Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long 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 Long Ridge:
    • 33.142390, -80.160923
    • 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 Long 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Since Long Ridge is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Long Ridge

Communities Also Named Long Ridge ...

We found six communities that are also named Long Ridge.

Within South Carolina, the name Long Ridge is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Long Ridge that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Long Ridge.
    • Kentucky
      • Cumberland County
      • This Long Ridge is located in Cumberland County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Long Ridge that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Long Ridge.
      • Owen County
      • This Long Ridge is located in Owen County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km] to the north northwest of the Long Ridge that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Long Ridge.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • This Long Ridge is located in Madison County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Long Ridge that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Long Ridge.
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Long Ridge [Washington County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Long Ridge is located in Chesapeake City and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Ridge that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Long Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.

  • Black Tom ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Black Tom is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Tom
  • Fox Bank ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fox Bank is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bank
  • Green Hill ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Groomville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Groomville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomville
  • Grove Hall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Grove Hall is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
  • Hickory Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Hunters Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunters Creek is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Creek
  • Locklair ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Locklair is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
  • Lotts Crossroads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lotts Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotts Crossroads
  • Meadowbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Mudville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mudville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
  • Orchard Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Orchard Hill is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Pringletown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Pringletown is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringletown
    • Sandy Run ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sandy Run is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
    • Strawberry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Sugar Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
    • Summerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Tramway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Tramway is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
    • Trotters Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Trotters Ridge is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotters Ridge
    • Tuckertown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
    • Wide Awake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wide Awake is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Awake

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

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

  • Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Ridge to Moncks Corner, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,283 miles [10,111.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,970 miles [11,217.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,855 miles [7,813.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Long 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Long 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 Long Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1424, Longitude: -80.1609       In this case, the coordinates for Long Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.82 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.791 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.85 degrees.