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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 Ritchie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ritchie and the surrounding area.
- 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 Ritchie:
- 31.479334, -97.226673
- 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 Ritchie
- 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 McLennan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan County
- Since Ritchie is near Coryell County and also Falls County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coryell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls 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 Ritchie
Communities Also Named Ritchie ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Ritchie.
Within Texas, the name Ritchie is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Union County
- This Ritchie is located in Union County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Ritchie.
- British Columbia
- This Ritchie lies 2,220 miles [3,572.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Ritchie is located in Will County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Ritchie.
- Indiana
- Spencer County
- This Ritchie is located in Spencer County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Ritchie.
- Kentucky
- Knott County
- This Ritchie is located in Knott County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knott County community of Ritchie.
- Louisiana
- Acadia Parish
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ritchie [Acadia Parish].
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Ritchie is located in Prince George's County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Ritchie.
- New Brunswick
- This Ritchie lies 1,877 miles [3,020.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ritchie [Stanly County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Ritchie is located in Clinton County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Ritchie.
- Saskatchewan
- This Ritchie lies 1,301 miles [2,093.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- This Ritchie is located in Claiborne County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ritchie that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Ritchie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ritchie ...
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.
- Beverly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beverly is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Bruceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Downs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Downs is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Downsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Downsville is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jewell is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Levi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Levi is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levi
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Waco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <4>
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodway
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From Ritchie 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 Ritchie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ritchie and extending to:
- Waco, which is the Seat of McLennan County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ritchie to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,801 miles [12,554.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,678 miles [9,137.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Ritchie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ritchie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Ritchie 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. |
| <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 Ritchie 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 Ritchie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4793, Longitude: -97.2267 In this case, the coordinates for Ritchie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.054 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.455 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.986 degrees. |
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