Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Ravenswood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Ravenswood and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Ravenswood

• 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 North Ravenswood:
  • 38.960636, -81.768743
  • 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 North Ravenswood

• 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Since North Ravenswood is near Meigs County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 North Ravenswood

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Ravenswood ...

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.

• Bald Knobs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bald Knobs is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knobs
• Cuba
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cuba is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Flatwoods
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Flatwoods is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
• Great Bend
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Great Bend is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
• Hemlock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hemlock is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
• Hills Crossing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hills Crossing is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossing
• Pleasant Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Pleasant View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant View is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
• Ravenswood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <1>
• Ravenswood Ferry
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Ravenswood Ferry is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Ferry
• Skull Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Skull Run is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
• Spiller
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
• Willow Grove ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow Grove is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From North Ravenswood 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 North Ravenswood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Ravenswood and extending to:

• Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Ravenswood to Ripley, 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'