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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 South Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South 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 South Ridge:
    • 38.454849, -78.016109
    • 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 South 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 South Ridge ...

We found seven communities that share the name South Ridge.

Within Virginia, the name South Ridge is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This South Ridge is located in Hillsborough County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the South Ridge that is located in Culpeper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of South Ridge.
    • Georgia
      • Douglas County
      • This South Ridge is located in Douglas County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the South Ridge that is located in Culpeper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of South Ridge.
    • Kansas
      • Wilson County
      • 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 Kansas community of South Ridge [Wilson County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of South Ridge [Caddo Parish].
    • Minnesota
      • Houston County
      • This South Ridge is located in Houston County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Ridge that is located in Culpeper County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of South Ridge.
    • New Brunswick
      • This South Ridge lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Ridge that is located in Culpeper County.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula 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 Ohio community of South Ridge [Ashtabula County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near South 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.

  • Braggs Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braggs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggs Corner
    • Braggs Corner is located in Culpeper County
  • Cedarbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
    • Cedarbrook is located in Culpeper County
  • Friendship Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
    • Friendship Heights is located in Culpeper County
  • Greens Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
    • Greens Corner is located in Culpeper County
  • High Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • High Point is located in Culpeper County
  • Meadows of Culpeper
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows of Culpeper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows of Culpeper
    • Meadows of Culpeper is located in Culpeper County
  • Norman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman is located in Culpeper County
  • Surprise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
    • Surprise is located in Culpeper County

How Far From South 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 South Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of South Ridge once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in South Ridge and extending to:

  • Culpeper, which is the Seat of Culpeper County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from South Ridge to Richmond, 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 three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,663 miles [10,723.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,540 miles [7,306.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Culpeper County: www.culpepercounty.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4548, Longitude: -78.0161       In this case, the coordinates for South Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 South Ridge, 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 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 South 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.
<4>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.
<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 South 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 308.492 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.057 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.291 degrees.




 

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