Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Edgewood Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewood Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Edgewood Heights
- 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 Edgewood Heights:
- 39.426497, -76.299124
- 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 Edgewood Heights
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Edgewood Heights is near Baltimore County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Edgewood Heights ...
We found two communities that share the name Edgewood Heights.
Within Maryland, the name Edgewood Heights is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Boone 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 Illinois community of Edgewood Heights [Boone County].
- Tennessee
- Anderson County
- This Edgewood Heights is located in Anderson County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Edgewood Heights that is located in Harford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Edgewood Heights.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewood Heights ...
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.
- Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Bush River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
- Bush River is located in Harford County
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Constant Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constant Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Friendship
- Constant Friendship is located in Harford County
- Edgewater Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
- Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
- Forest Greens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Greens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Greens
- Forest Greens is located in Harford County
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Harford County
- Green Springs Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Springs Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Hills
- Green Springs Hills is located in Harford County
- Gunpowder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Harbour Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Oaks
- Harbour Oaks is located in Harford County
- Ivy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Joppa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joppa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Joppa is located in Harford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joppa <4>
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- Joppa Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joppa Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Landing
- Joppa Landing is located in Harford County
- Long Bar Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bar Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bar Harbor
- Long Bar Harbor is located in Harford County
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Oliver Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oliver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Beach
- Oliver Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Rivershore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivershore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivershore
- Rivershore is located in Harford County
- Royal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
- Royal Heights is located in Harford County
- Singer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Singer Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singer Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Woods
- Singer Woods is located in Harford County
- Temple Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
- Temple Hills is located in Harford County
- Trimble Fields
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trimble Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Fields
- Trimble Fields is located in Harford County
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Woodland Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Run
- Woodland Run is located in Harford County
- Joppa Landing
How Far From Edgewood Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Edgewood Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgewood Heights and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Edgewood Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edgewood Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harford County: www.co.ha.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.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 Edgewood Heights 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgewood Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgewood Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4265, Longitude: -76.2991 In this case, the coordinates for Edgewood Heights 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 Edgewood Heights 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 307.418 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.985 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.195 degrees. |