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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 Cool Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cool 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 Cool Ridge:
- 37.658172, -81.095651
- 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 Cool 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Cool Ridge is near Mercer County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summers 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 Cool Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cool 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.
- Beaver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Blue Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Jay is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Cherry Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cherry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Clifftop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Coal City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Crow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Daniels
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Flat Top
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jonben
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jonben is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonben
- Josephine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Josephine is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Jumping Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jumping Branch is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumping Branch
- Lego
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lego is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lego
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Lillybrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lillybrook is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillybrook
- Odd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Odd is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd
- Pluto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pluto is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Princewick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Princewick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princewick
- Shady Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spangler Factory ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Streeter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Streeter is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter
- Suck Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suck Creek is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suck Creek
- Woodpeck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodpeck is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodpeck
How Far From Cool 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 Cool Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cool Ridge and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cool Ridge to Beckley, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,832 miles [10,995 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,708 miles [7,576.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cool Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cool 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 Cool Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6582, Longitude: -81.0957 In this case, the coordinates for Cool Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.35 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.056 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.857 degrees. |
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