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 Ridgeview:
34.665379, -82.921535
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 Ridgeview
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 Oconee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fifteen communities that are also named Ridgeview.
Within South Carolina, the name Ridgeview is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Miami County
This Ridgeview is located in Miami County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Ridgeview.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Ridgeview is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Ridgeview.
Calvert County
This Ridgeview is located in Calvert County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km] to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Ridgeview.
Charles County
This Ridgeview is located in Charles County and lies 430 miles [692 km] to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Ridgeview.
Frederick County
This Ridgeview is located in Frederick County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km] to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Ridgeview.
Harford County
This Ridgeview is located in Harford County and lies 494 miles [795 km] to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Ridgeview.
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Ridgeview is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Ridgeview.
Ohio
Lorain 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 Ohio community of Ridgeview [Lorain County].
Ontario
This Ridgeview lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Ridgeview is located in Dauphin County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Ridgeview.
South Dakota
Dewey County
This Ridgeview is located in Dewey County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dewey County community of Ridgeview.
Tennessee
Hamblen County
This Ridgeview is located in Hamblen County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Ridgeview.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Ridgeview is located in Fairfax County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Ridgeview.
West Virginia
Boone County
This Ridgeview is located in Boone County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Ridgeview.
Logan County
This Ridgeview is located in Logan County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the north northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Ridgeview.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgeview ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ridgeview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgeview and extending to:
Walhalla, which is the Seat of Oconee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ridgeview to Walhalla, with an average speed<3> 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 437 miles [703.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Ridgeview) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ridgeview 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 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 Ridgeview 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 Ridgeview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6654, Longitude: -82.9215 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgeview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.423 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.852 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.478 degrees.