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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 Edgewood Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewood Heights and the surrounding area.
- 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Edgewood Heights
Communities Also Named Edgewood Heights ...
We found two communities that are also named Edgewood Heights.
Within Maryland, the name Edgewood Heights is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located 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.
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 is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
- Bush River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bush River is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clearview is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Constant Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Constant Friendship is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Friendship
- Edgewater Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
- Forest Greens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Greens is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Greens
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Springs Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Springs Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs Hills
- Gunpowder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gunpowder is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder
- Harbour Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harbour Oaks is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Oaks
- Ivy Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ivy Hill is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
- Joppa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Joppa Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Landing is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Landing
- Long Bar Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Long Bar Harbor is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bar Harbor
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Oliver Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oliver Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Beach
- Rivershore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rivershore is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivershore
- Royal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Heights is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
- Singer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Singer is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer
- Singer Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Singer Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Woods
- Temple Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Temple Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
- Trimble Fields
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Trimble Fields is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Fields
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Woodland Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodland Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Run
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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edgewood Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Edgewood Heights 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.418 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.985 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.195 degrees. |
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