Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ridgedale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgedale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ridgedale
- 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 Ridgedale:
- 35.022160, -85.269486
- 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 Ridgedale
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Ridgedale is near Walker County and also Catoosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Walker County
- eBird sighting report for Catoosa 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ridgedale ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Ridgedale.
There are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Ridgedale.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Cumberland County
- Knox County
- Sullivan County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Ridgedale lies 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ridgedale that is located in Hamilton County.
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Saskatchewan
- This Ridgedale lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ridgedale that is located in Hamilton County.
- Virginia
- Prince William County
- This Ridgedale is located in Prince William County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ridgedale that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Ridgedale.
- Smyth County
- This Ridgedale is located in Smyth County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgedale that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Ridgedale.
- West Virginia
- Hampshire County
- This Ridgedale is located in Hampshire County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ridgedale that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Ridgedale.
- Monongalia County
- This Ridgedale is located in Monongalia County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the northeast of the Ridgedale that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Ridgedale.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgedale ...
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.
- Bushtown
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Hamilton County
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Mission Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Oaks
- Mission Oaks is located in Hamilton County
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Orchard Knob
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knob
- Orchard Knob is located in Hamilton County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Orchard Knob
- From Ridgedale to Orchard Knob
- Piney Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Piney Woods is located in Hamilton County
- Poindexter Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poindexter Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter Heights
- Poindexter Heights is located in Hamilton County
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- Regency Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Place
- Regency Place is located in Hamilton County
- Ridgeside
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Riverside Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
- Riverside Park is located in Hamilton County
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Rollingwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County
- Ruby Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Falls
- Ruby Falls is located in Hamilton County
- Regency Place
How Far From Ridgedale 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 Ridgedale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgedale and extending to:
- Chattanooga, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ridgedale to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 526 miles [846.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,127 miles [11,469.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,003 miles [8,051.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ridgedale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamiltontn.gov/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
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- Ridgedale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgedale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0222, Longitude: -85.2695 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgedale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Ridgedale 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> | 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 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 Ridgedale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.829 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.519 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.331 degrees. |