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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 Edgefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgefield 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 Edgefield:
    • 33.124572, -89.337570
    • 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 Edgefield
  • 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 Attala County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Attala County
    • Since Edgefield is near Choctaw County and also Winston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winston 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 Edgefield

Communities Also Named Edgefield ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Edgefield.

Within Mississippi, the name Edgefield is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Edgefield is located in Barbour County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Edgefield.
      • Jackson County
      • This Edgefield is located in Jackson County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the east northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Edgefield.
      • Mobile County
      • This Edgefield is located in Mobile County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the south southeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Edgefield.
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • This Edgefield is located in Red River Parish and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Edgefield.
    • Ohio
      • Fayette County
      • This Edgefield is located in Fayette County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Edgefield.
      • Stark County
      • This Edgefield is located in Stark County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km] to the northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Edgefield.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • This Edgefield is located in Edgefield County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the east of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgefield County community of Edgefield.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Edgefield [Davidson County].
      • Smith County
      • This Edgefield is located in Smith County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Edgefield.
      • Sullivan County
      • This Edgefield is located in Sullivan County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the east northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Edgefield.
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • This Edgefield is located in Portsmouth City and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Attala County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Edgefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgefield ...

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.

  • Cowpen ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cowpen is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpen
  • Ethel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • Ford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ford is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Gregory ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gregory is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Liberty Chapel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Chapel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Chapel
  • Liberty Hill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • McCool
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • McCool is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
  • Pilgrims Rest ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Pilgrims Rest is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
  • Plantation
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Plantation is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
  • Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Providence is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Rural Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rural Hill is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Tabernacle ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tabernacle is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
  • Vowell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Vowell is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Edgefield once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgefield and extending to:

  • Kosciusko, which is the Seat of Attala County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Edgefield to Kosciusko, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,390 miles [11,893.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,265 miles [8,473.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Edgefield) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Edgefield 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>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 Edgefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Edgefield 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 Edgefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1246, Longitude: -89.3376       In this case, the coordinates for Edgefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.191 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.987 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.405 degrees.