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We found 29 communities that share the name Edgemont.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Edgemont.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Dauphin County
This Edgemont is located in Dauphin County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Edgemont.
Northampton County
This Edgemont is located in Northampton County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the north of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Edgemont.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Edgemont is located in Jefferson County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Edgemont.
Lauderdale County
This Edgemont is located in Lauderdale County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km] to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Edgemont.
Madison County
This Edgemont is located in Madison County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Edgemont.
Arkansas
Cleburne County
This Edgemont is located in Cleburne County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Edgemont.
California
Lassen County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Edgemont [Lassen County].
Riverside County
This Edgemont is located in Riverside County and lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<1> to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Edgemont.
Colorado
Jefferson County
This Edgemont is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Edgemont.
Illinois
Saint Clair County
This Edgemont is located in Saint Clair County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Edgemont.
Maryland
Frederick County
This Edgemont is located in Frederick County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Edgemont.
Washington County
This Edgemont is located in Washington County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Edgemont.
Mississippi
Lee County
This Edgemont is located in Lee County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Edgemont.
Nevada
Elko County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Edgemont.
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
This Edgemont is located in Merrimack County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Edgemont.
New York
Westchester County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Edgemont [Westchester County].
North Carolina
Caldwell County
This Edgemont is located in Caldwell County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Edgemont.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Edgemont is located in Hamilton County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Edgemont.
Montgomery County
This Edgemont is located in Montgomery County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km] to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Edgemont.
South Dakota
Fall River County
This Edgemont is located in Fall River County and lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fall River County community of Edgemont.
Tennessee
Cocke County
This Edgemont is located in Cocke County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Edgemont.
Sullivan County
This Edgemont is located in Sullivan County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Edgemont.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Edgemont is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,904 miles [3,064.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Edgemont.
Utah County
This Edgemont is located in Utah County and lies 1,897 miles [3,052.9 km] to the west northwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Edgemont.
Weber County
This Edgemont is located in Weber County and lies 1,900 miles [3,057.8 km] to the west northwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Edgemont.
Virginia
Covington City
This Edgemont is located in Covington City and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington City community of Edgemont.
Washington
Kittitas County
This Edgemont is located in Kittitas County and lies 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Edgemont.
West Virginia
Cabell County
This Edgemont is located in Cabell County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Edgemont.
Marion County
This Edgemont is located in Marion County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the west of the Edgemont that is located in Delaware County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Edgemont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgemont ...
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.
Castle Rock (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitehorse. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Edgemont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgemont and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Edgemont to Harrisburg, with an average speed<7>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 5 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,785 miles [9,310.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,368 miles [7,029.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
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 from Point A (ie- Edgemont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgemont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9747, Longitude: -75.4503
<2>
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 Edgemont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Edgemont 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.
<4>
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.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Edgemont to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.871 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.451 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.607 degrees.