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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 Ridgetop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgetop 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 Ridgetop:
- 45.929676, -88.270132
- 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 Ridgetop
- 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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Since Ridgetop is near Iron County and also Dickinson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dickinson 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 Ridgetop
Communities Also Named Ridgetop ...
We found four communities that are also named Ridgetop.
Within Wisconsin, the name Ridgetop is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ridgetop [Jackson County].
- Kentucky
- Bullitt County
- This Ridgetop is located in Bullitt County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Ridgetop that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Ridgetop.
- Tennessee
- Lewis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ridgetop [Lewis County].
- Robertson County
- This Ridgetop is located in Robertson County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<2> to the south of the Ridgetop that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Ridgetop.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgetop ...
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.
- Alpha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clinch ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clinch is located in Iron County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch
- Fern ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fern is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Florence
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Granite Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Granite Bluff is located in Dickinson County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Bluff
- Hematite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hematite is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Mastodon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mastodon is located in Iron County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastodon
- Pulp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pulp is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulp
- Spread Eagle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spread Eagle is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Eagle
How Far From Ridgetop 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 Ridgetop to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgetop and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ridgetop to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 749 miles [1,205.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ridgetop 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ridgetop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ridgetop 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 Ridgetop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9297, Longitude: -88.2701 In this case, the coordinates for Ridgetop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.782 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.304 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.642 degrees. |
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