Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Long Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Ridge
- 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 Long Ridge:
- 36.630429, -76.162990
- 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 Long 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 Long Ridge ...
We found six communities that share the name Long Ridge.
Within Virginia, the name Long Ridge is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the north northeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Long Ridge.
- Kentucky
- Cumberland County
- This Long Ridge is located in Cumberland County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Long Ridge.
- Owen County
- This Long Ridge is located in Owen County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km] to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Long Ridge.
- North Carolina
- Madison County
- This Long Ridge is located in Madison County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Long Ridge.
- Washington 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 North Carolina community of Long Ridge [Washington County].
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Long Ridge.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.
- Benefit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Great Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bridge
- Great Bridge is located in Chesapeake City
- Great Bridge Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bridge Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bridge Gardens
- Great Bridge Gardens is located in Chesapeake City
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Morse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Chesapeake City
- Panther Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panther Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Landing
- Panther Landing is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Poplar Ridge is located in Chesapeake City
- Sign Pine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Vine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Long Ridge 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 Long Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Ridge and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Long Ridge to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 6 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Long Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6304, Longitude: -76.1630 In this case, the coordinates for Long Ridge 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 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 Long 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 . 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 Long Ridge 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 307.516 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.666 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.218 degrees. |