Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Edgehill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgehill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Edgehill
- 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 Edgehill:
- 39.165900, -75.513300
- 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 Edgehill
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Edgehill is near New Castle County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Edgehill ...
We found nine communities that share the name Edgehill.
Within Delaware, the name Edgehill is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Calloway County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Edgehill [Calloway County].
- Shelby 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 Kentucky community of Edgehill [Shelby County].
- Missouri
- Virginia
- Gloucester County
- This Edgehill is located in Gloucester County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Edgehill that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Edgehill.
- Goochland County
- This Edgehill is located in Goochland County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the southwest of the Edgehill that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Edgehill.
- King George County
- This Edgehill is located in King George County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southwest of the Edgehill that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Edgehill.
- Roanoke City
- This Edgehill is located in Roanoke City and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the west southwest of the Edgehill that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Edgehill.
- Southampton County
- This Edgehill is located in Southampton County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the south southwest of the Edgehill that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Edgehill.
- York County
- This Edgehill is located in York County and lies 146 miles [235 km] to the south southwest of the Edgehill that is located in Kent County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Edgehill.
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgehill ...
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.
- Cedar Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Chase
- Cedar Chase is located in Kent County
- Cowgills Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowgills Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgills Corner
- Cowgills Corner is located in Kent County
- Crossgates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossgates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Crossgates is located in Kent County
- Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in Kent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,199 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <4>
- Four Seasons
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Seasons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Four Seasons is located in Kent County
- Fox Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Greens of Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens of Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens of Dover
- Greens of Dover is located in Kent County
- Heatherfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heatherfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Heatherfield is located in Kent County
- Independence Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Independence Village is located in Kent County
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Kent County
- Mallard Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Pond
- Mallard Pond is located in Kent County
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Oak Shadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Shadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shadows
- Oak Shadows is located in Kent County
- Persimmon Park Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Persimmon Park Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon Park Place
- Persimmon Park Place is located in Kent County
- Presidential Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Presidential Courts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Courts
- Presidential Courts is located in Kent County
- Schoolview
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoolview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolview
- Schoolview is located in Kent County
- Oak Shadows
How Far From Edgehill 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 Edgehill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgehill and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Edgehill to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edgehill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kent County: www.co.kent.de.us/
The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Edgehill 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgehill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgehill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1659, Longitude: -75.5133 In this case, the coordinates for Edgehill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Edgehill 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 306.975 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.442 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.969 degrees. |