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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 Edgewater Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewater Park 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 Edgewater Park:
    • 30.393532, -88.986978
    • 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 Edgewater Park
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Edgewater Park is near Jackson County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Edgewater Park

Communities Also Named Edgewater Park ...

We found ten communities that are also named Edgewater Park.

Within Mississippi, the name Edgewater Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Edgewater Park.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham 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 Georgia community of Edgewater Park [Chatham County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Burlington County and lies 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Edgewater Park.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Onondaga County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Edgewater Park.
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km] to the north northeast of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Edgewater Park.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Franklin County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Edgewater Park.
    • Oklahoma
      • Comanche County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Comanche County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Edgewater Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Edgewater Park [Bucks County].
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in Charleston County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Edgewater Park.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Edgewater Park is located in King County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Edgewater Park that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Edgewater Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewater Park ...

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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Coalville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Coalville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
  • Gulfport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Heartease ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heartease is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartease
  • Mississippi City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
  • Orange Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Orange Grove is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
  • Pops Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pops Ferry is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pops Ferry
  • Wool Market
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
    • Wool Market has also been known as:
    • Woolmarket

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

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

  • Gulfport, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the West.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Edgewater Park to Jackson, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 896 miles [1,442 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,496 miles [12,063.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,375 miles [8,650.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgewater Park) 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 Edgewater Park 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'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 Edgewater Park 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 Edgewater Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3935, Longitude: -88.9870       In this case, the coordinates for Edgewater Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.723 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.074 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.735 degrees.