Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ridgeview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ridgeview and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ridgeview
- 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 Ridgeview:
- 38.138842, -81.760447
- 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 Ridgeview
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Ridgeview is near Kanawha County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kanawha County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Ridgeview ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Ridgeview.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Ridgeview.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Ridgeview is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Ridgeview.
- Calvert County
- This Ridgeview is located in Calvert County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the east of the Ridgeview that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Ridgeview.
- Charles County
- This Ridgeview is located in Charles County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east of the Ridgeview that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Ridgeview.
- Frederick County
- This Ridgeview is located in Frederick County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Ridgeview.
- Harford County
- This Ridgeview is located in Harford County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km] to the east northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Ridgeview.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Ridgeview lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ridgeview that is located in Boone County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ridgeview ...
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.
- Bloomingrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingrose
- Bloomingrose is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bloomingrose
- From Ridgeview to Bloomingrose
- Comfort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Comfort is located in Boone County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comfort <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Comfort
- From Ridgeview to Comfort
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Danville is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Danville
- From Ridgeview to Danville
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Eden
- From Ridgeview to Eden
- Fork Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Junction
- Fork Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Horse Creek Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Horse Creek Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Junction
- Horse Creek Junction is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Horse Creek Junction
- From Ridgeview to Horse Creek Junction
- Irene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Johns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns
- Johns is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Johns
- From Ridgeview to Johns
- Julian
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Julian is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Julian
- From Ridgeview to Julian
- Maxine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Price Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
- Price Hill is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Price Hill
- From Ridgeview to Price Hill
- Rock Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rock Creek
- From Ridgeview to Rock Creek
- Rumble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble
- Rumble is located in Boone County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rumble
- From Ridgeview to Rumble
How Far From Ridgeview 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 Ridgeview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ridgeview and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Ridgeview to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,841 miles [11,009.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,717 miles [7,591.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ridgeview. 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' (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- Ridgeview) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ridgeview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1388, Longitude: -81.7604 |
| <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 Ridgeview 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Ridgeview to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.743 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.575 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.986 degrees. |