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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 East Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East 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 East Ridge:
    • 36.252315, -83.251281
    • 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 East 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 Hamblen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamblen County
    • Since East Ridge is near Jefferson County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 East Ridge

Communities Also Named East Ridge ...

We found six communities that are also named East Ridge.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named East Ridge.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hamilton County
      • This East Ridge is located in Hamilton County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the East Ridge that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of East Ridge.
    • Washington County
      • This East Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the east of the East Ridge that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of East Ridge.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Saratoga County
      • This East Ridge is located in Saratoga County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Ridge that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of East Ridge.
    • Texas
      • Potter 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 Texas community of East Ridge [Potter County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This East Ridge is located in Weber County and lies 1,575 miles [2,534.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the East Ridge that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of East Ridge.
    • Virginia
      • Montgomery County
      • This East Ridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the East Ridge that is located in Hamblen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of East Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East 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.

  • Bright Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bright Ferry is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Ferry
  • Cheeks Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cheeks Crossroads is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeks Crossroads
  • Cherokee Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Dover
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Gaby Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gaby Hills is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaby Hills
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Jaybird
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jaybird is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
  • Kentucky Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kentucky Heights is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Heights
  • Kingswood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kingswood is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Liberty Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Liberty Heights is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
  • Long Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ferry
  • Mountain View Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rocky Summit ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocky Summit is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Summit

How Far From East Ridge to ...

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 East Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Hamblen County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from East Ridge to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,276 miles [10,100.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East 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 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 East 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 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 East 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 East Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2523, Longitude: -83.2513       In this case, the coordinates for East Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.646 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.335 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.178 degrees.