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Ridge Road Historic District

Ridge Road Historic District from directly overhead

Ridge Road Historic District is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 171 m. High Point stands 789 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Roush Field, a park 2.1 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
171 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.46260, -78.02000

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roush Field: 2.1 mi
  • Tuscarora Creek Historic District: 2.1 mi
  • War Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Ambrose Park: 2.3 mi
  • Leeland Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 42
  • Belle Boyd House: 3.1 mi
  • For the Kids by George Children's Museum: 3.2 mi
  • CCC museum: 10.2 mi
  • Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum at Antietam Station: 13.4 mi
  • Jefferson County Museum: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 32
  • Captain's Quarters: 10.2 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 10.3 mi
  • Little House: 11.7 mi
  • Lock 38 Path: 11.9 mi
  • Lock 39: 12.7 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Artworks: 16
Springs: 10
  • Neglar Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 15.9 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 16.1 mi
  • Natural Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Town Spring: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 12.6 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 16.0 mi
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 18.0 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 22.3 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Beach 2: 19.1 mi
  • Beach 1: 19.4 mi
  • Beach 3: 19.7 mi
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 20.6 mi
  • River Access: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Four Square Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Ridge Road Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointW 266°789 m17.5 mi
Cacapon 2WNW 288°673 m16.3 mi
Cross MountainN 5°627 m18.4 mi
Hearthstone MountainN 8°616 m17.4 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainW 268°580 m9.4 mi
Shockeys KnobWSW 246°567 m12.2 mi
Pinkerton KnobNW 313°549 m8.0 mi
High RockWSW 252°529 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4620:0320:43
September equinox07:0018:3619:11
December solstice07:3016:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371767467554436
Precip in2.82.63.73.64.23.54.13.04.23.33.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly12 obs
  • White-tailed Deer7 obs
  • bloodroot7 obs
  • wineberry6 obs
  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • Question Mark5 obs
  • Silvery Checkerspot5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356535353

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