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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:
    • 40.146503, -74.262090
    • 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 Park
  • 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 Park ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Edgewood Park.

Within New Jersey, the name Edgewood Park is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout 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 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Edgewood Park that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Edgewood Park.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Edgewood Park that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Edgewood Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Onslow County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Edgewood Park that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Edgewood Park.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This Edgewood Park is located in Stark County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<2> to the west of the Edgewood Park that is located in Ocean 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 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Edgewood Park that is located in Ocean 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.

  • Bergerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bergerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergerville
    • Bergerville is located in Monmouth County
  • Coventry Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Square
    • Coventry Square is located in Ocean County
  • Georgia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Georgia is located in Monmouth County
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Ocean County
  • Harmony
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
    • Harmony is located in Ocean County
  • Lake Club
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Club have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Club
    • Lake Club is located in Monmouth County
  • Land of Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land of Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pines
    • Land of Pines is located in Monmouth County
  • Maxim
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
    • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Ocean County
  • Vista Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center
    • Vista Center is located in Ocean County

How Far From Edgewood Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Edgewood Park to Toms River, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 171 miles [275.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edgewood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/

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 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' 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgewood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1465, Longitude: -74.2621       In this case, the coordinates for Edgewood Park 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 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 Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.153 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.665 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.025 degrees.









 

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