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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 Edwardsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville:
    • 39.078337, -94.818851
    • 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 Edwardsville
  • 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 Wyandotte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyandotte County
    • Since Edwardsville is near Johnson County and also Leavenworth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leavenworth 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 Edwardsville

Communities Also Named Edwardsville ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Edwardsville.

Within Kansas, the name Edwardsville is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cleburne County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Edwardsville.
      • Coffee County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Coffee County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the southeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Edwardsville.
      • Etowah County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Etowah County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km] to the east southeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Edwardsville.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Kent County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the east of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Edwardsville.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Edwardsville [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Madison County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the east of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Edwardsville.
    • Indiana
      • Floyd County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Floyd County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the east of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Edwardsville.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Edwardsville.
    • North Carolina
      • Surry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Edwardsville [Surry County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Edwardsville lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Edwardsville.
      • Warren County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Warren County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the east of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Edwardsville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Edwardsville #
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Edwardsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Edwardsville.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Fauquier County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the east of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Edwardsville.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Northumberland County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km] to the east of the Edwardsville that is located in Wyandotte County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Edwardsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edwardsville ...

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.

  • Frisbie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Frisbie is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisbie
  • Grandview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Grandview is located in Wyandotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Holliday
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Holliday is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Little Kaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Kaw is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kaw
  • Maywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Maywood is located in Wyandotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Piper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Piper is located in Wyandotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
  • Stone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
  • Stony Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Stony Point is located in Wyandotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Sunflower
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Sunflower is located in Wyandotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
  • Victory Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Victory Junction is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Junction
  • Vinewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Vinewood is located in Wyandotte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinewood

How Far From Edwardsville 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 city such as Edwardsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Kansas City, which is the Seat of Wyandotte County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Edwardsville to Kansas City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,327 miles [11,791.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edwardsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Edwardsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Edwardsville 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0783, Longitude: -94.8189       In this case, the coordinates for Edwardsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.194 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.417 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.784 degrees.