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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewood 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 Edgewood Park:
    • 34.824052, -77.456909
    • 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 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 Onslow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Onslow County
    • Since Edgewood Park is near Jones County and also Duplin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Duplin 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 Park

Communities Also Named Edgewood Park ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Edgewood Park.

Within North Carolina, the name Edgewood Park is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Scott 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 Iowa community of Edgewood Park [Scott County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Edgewood Park [Baltimore County].
      • Wicomico County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Wicomico County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Edgewood Park that is located in Onslow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Edgewood Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Ocean County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Edgewood Park that is located in Onslow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Edgewood Park.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the north of the Edgewood Park that is located in Onslow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Edgewood Park.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Stark County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Edgewood Park that is located in Onslow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Edgewood Park.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Edgewood Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Allegheny County].
      • Bucks County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Bucks County].
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Delaware County].
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Portsmouth City and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Edgewood Park that is located in Onslow County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Edgewood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewood 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.

  • Branchwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Branchwood is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
  • Cedar Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Forest Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Grove is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Greystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greystone is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Gum Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
  • Half Moon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Half Moon is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
  • Hawkside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hawkside is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkside
  • Houston Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Houston Heights is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
  • Indian Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Indian Springs is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Raintree
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Raintree is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
  • Shamrock Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
  • Tar Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
  • Willow Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Woods is located in Onslow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

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

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

  • Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Onslow County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Edgewood Park to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,662 miles [7,502.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Edgewood 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Edgewood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 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 Edgewood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8241, Longitude: -77.4569       In this case, the coordinates for Edgewood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.309 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.302 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.343 degrees.