Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Green Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Green 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 Green Ridge:
- 39.587037, -78.438901
- 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 Green 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Green Ridge is near Allegany County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Green Ridge ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Green Ridge.
Within West Virginia, the name Green Ridge is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pike County
- This Green Ridge is located in Pike County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Green Ridge.
- Arkansas
- Scott County
- This Green Ridge is located in Scott County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Green Ridge.
- Kansas
- Pawnee 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 Kansas community of Green Ridge [Pawnee County].
- Stafford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Green Ridge [Stafford County].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- This Green Ridge is located in Aroostook County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Green Ridge.
- Manitoba
- This Green Ridge lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Green Ridge.
- Baltimore County
- This Green Ridge is located in Baltimore County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the east of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Green Ridge.
- Harford County
- This Green Ridge is located in Harford County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Green Ridge.
- Missouri
- Pettis County
- This Green Ridge is located in Pettis County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the west of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Green Ridge.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Green Ridge is located in Delaware County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Green Ridge.
- Lackawanna County
- This Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northeast of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Green Ridge.
- Luzerne County
- This Green Ridge is located in Luzerne County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the northeast of the Green Ridge that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Green Ridge.
- Northumberland 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 Pennsylvania community of Green Ridge [Northumberland County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green 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.
- Doe Gully
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Fairplay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Green Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Green Ridge is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jerome
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Little Cacapon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Cacapon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cacapon
- Little Cacapon is located in Hampshire County
- Little Orleans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Orleans
- Little Orleans is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Orleans <4>
- Magnolia
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Morgan County
- Orleans Cross Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
- Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County
- Paw Paw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Paw Paw is located in Morgan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paw Paw <4>
How Far From Green Ridge to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Green Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Green Ridge and extending to:
- Berkeley Springs, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Green Ridge to Berkeley Springs, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,927 miles [9,538.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,514 miles [7,264.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Green Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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- Green Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Green Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5870, Longitude: -78.4389 In this case, the coordinates for Green 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 Green 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> | 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Green 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 308.684 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.447 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.051 degrees. |