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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 River Edge:
    • 39.958333, -86.047222
    • 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 River Edge
  • 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since River Edge is near Marion County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock 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 River Edge

Communities Also Named River Edge ...

We found five communities that are also named River Edge.

Within Indiana, the name River Edge is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • This River Edge is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the east of the River Edge that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of River Edge.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of River Edge [Morris County].
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This River Edge is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the River Edge that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of River Edge.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • This River Edge is located in Spartanburg County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the River Edge that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of River Edge.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This River Edge is located in Roanoke County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the River Edge that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of River Edge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near River Edge ...

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.

  • Bluestone
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bluestone is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
  • Cedar Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Cove is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
  • Forest Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
  • Harvard Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Harvard Park is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard Park
  • Heritage Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
  • Hickory Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hickory Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Round Up
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Round Up is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Up
  • Stevenson Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stevenson Mill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Mill
  • Timber Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Timber Springs is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Springs
  • Trails End
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Trails End is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails End
  • Walnut Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
  • Weaver Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Weaver Woods is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Woods
  • White Horse Rapids
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • White Horse Rapids is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Rapids
  • Winding Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Winding Creek is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek

How Far From River Edge 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 River Edge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in River Edge and extending to:

  • Noblesville, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from River Edge to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 485 miles [780.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,215 miles [10,002.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- River Edge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 River Edge 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 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.
<4>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 River Edge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in River Edge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9583, Longitude: -86.0472       In this case, the coordinates for River Edge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.406 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.882 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.359 degrees.