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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 Pine Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine 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 Pine Ridge:
    • 35.137023, -84.311588
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pine Ridge
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Pine Ridge ...

We found 45 communities that share the name Pine Ridge.

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

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 42 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pine Ridge [Jefferson County].
    • Washington County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Ridge.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in DeKalb County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<2> to the west of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Colorado
      • Denver County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pine Ridge [Denver County].
      • La Plata County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pine Ridge [La Plata County].
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Kent County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Collier County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Collier County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km] to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collier County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Hillsborough County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km] to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Glynn County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Jones County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Jones County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Oconee County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Oconee County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Idaho
      • Adams County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Adams County and lies 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Indiana
      • Vigo County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Vigo County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Clark County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<2> to the north of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Wolfe County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Wolfe County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the north of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Winn Parish and lies 535 miles [861 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Pine Ridge.
    • Manitoba
      • This Pine Ridge lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Baltimore County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Michigan
      • Antrim County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pine Ridge [Antrim County].
      • Delta County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Delta County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the north of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km] to the north of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Adams County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Clarke County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Clarke County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Lamar County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Lamar County and lies 402 miles [647 km] to the southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Missouri
      • Christian County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Christian County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Nebraska
      • Dawes County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Dawes County and lies 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawes County community of Pine Ridge.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Pine Ridge lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pine Ridge [Albany County].
    • North Carolina
      • Edgecombe County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Edgecombe County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<2> to the east of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Franklin County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Franklin County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the east of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Surry County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Surry County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Washington County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Washington County and lies 430 miles [692 km] to the east of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Caddo County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<2> to the west of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Ontario
      • This Pine Ridge lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Klamath County and lies 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pine Ridge [Bedford County].
      • Delaware County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Delaware County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Pine Ridge.
    • South Carolina
      • Darlington County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Pine Ridge.
    • South Dakota
      • Oglala Lakota County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Oglala Lakota County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglala Lakota County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Texas
      • Hardin County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Hardin County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Pine Ridge.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Fairfax County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Pine Ridge.
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Pine Ridge is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km] to the east northeast of the Pine Ridge that is located in Polk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Pine Ridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine 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.

  • Burger Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burger Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
    • Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
  • Chanceytown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
    • Chanceytown is located in Polk County
  • Coker Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
    • Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
  • Ducktown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fields of the Wood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fields of the Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields of the Wood
    • Fields of the Wood is located in Cherokee County (NC)
  • Friendship
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Friendship is located in Cherokee County (NC)
  • Ironsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ironsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsburg
    • Ironsburg is located in Monroe County
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
  • Turtletown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtletown
    • Turtletown is located in Polk County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turtletown <4>
  • Violet
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Violet is located in Cherokee County (NC)
  • Wolf Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
    • Wolf Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)

How Far From Pine Ridge to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pine Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Benton, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Ridge to Benton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 477 miles [767.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pine Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Pine 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pine Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1370, Longitude: -84.3116       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Pine Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.258 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.878 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.911 degrees.




 

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