Ridgeway

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A ridgeway is a road or path that follows the highest part of the landscape.

Contents 1 Roads and pathways 2 Towns and places 3 People 4 Other "Ridgeway" references

[edit] Roads and pathways

• One of the best known ridgeways is the Ridgeway National Trail, also known as The Ridgeway Path, which runs across southwestern England, along the chalk escarpment,connecting various archaeological sites, notably Wayland's Smithy and the Uffington White Horse.
• The Ridgeway, running through Enfield is a road along the southmost extent of the glaciers in the last ice age.
• The Hærvejen is an ancient track in its longest version from the tip of the Jutland to the banks of the river Elbe in Danemark and Germany.
• The Rennsteig is a path along the ridge of the Thuringian Forest in Germany.
• The Kammweg is a path projected in 1904 to follow the mountains surrounding Bohemia.
• The Rennweg (Arnsberger Wald) is a old Traderoute along the Arnsberg Forest.

See also: the Ridge Route in California.

[edit] Towns and places

There are several towns and other places named Ridgeway:

In England:

• Ridgeway, Derbyshire

In Canada:

• Ridgeway, Ontario

In the United States:

• Ridgeway, Alaska
• Ridgeway, Iowa
• Ridgeway, Ohio
• Ridgeway, Missouri
• Ridgeway, New York
• Ridgeway, South Carolina
• Ridgeway, Virginia
• Ridgeway, Wisconsin
• Ridgeway (town), Wisconsin
• Ridgeway Township, Michigan

In South Africa:

• Ridgeway, South Africa

[edit] People

There are several people named Ridgeway:

• Matthew Ridgway was a United States Army General.
• Aden Ridgeway is an Australian Democrat politician.

[edit] Other "Ridgeway" references

• Ridgeway Clocks, the oldest continuously produced line of longcase clocks in the United States.