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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.
- 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:
- 37.132908, -80.368937
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since East Ridge is near Floyd County and also Radford City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Radford City
- 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.
Within Virginia, the name East Ridge is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Saratoga County
- This East Ridge is located in Saratoga County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Ridge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of East Ridge.
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- This East Ridge is located in Hamblen County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the East Ridge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of East Ridge.
- Hamilton County
- This East Ridge is located in Hamilton County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the west southwest of the East Ridge that is located in Montgomery 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 122 miles [196.3 km] to the west southwest of the East Ridge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington 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 1,703 miles [2,740.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the East Ridge that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber 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.
- Apple Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Apple Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Acres
- Bangs ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bangs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
- Christiansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Craig Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Craig Mountain is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Mountain
- Diamond Pointe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Diamond Pointe is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Pointe
- Echo Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Echo Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hills
- Falling Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Falling Branch is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
- Lee-Hi Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lee-Hi Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Court
- Lester Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lester Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester Place
- Mockingbird Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Mountain View Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Park
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Raintree Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Raintree Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
- Rogers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Suburban Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Suburban Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Sugar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Victory Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Victory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Windmill Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Windmill Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Hills
- Yellow Sulphur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yellow Sulphur is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Sulphur
- Yellow Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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:
- Christiansburg, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from East Ridge to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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: 37.1329, Longitude: -80.3689 In this case, the coordinates for East Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.928 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.495 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.723 degrees. |
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