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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 Edgemere, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgemere 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 Edgemere:
    • 34.223177, -82.184844
    • 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 Edgemere
  • 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 Greenwood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenwood County
    • Since Edgemere is near Abbeville County and also Laurens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Laurens 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 Edgemere

Communities Also Named Edgemere ...

We found seven communities that are also named Edgemere.

Within South Carolina, the name Edgemere is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Edgemere is located in Chatham County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Edgemere that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Edgemere.
    • Idaho
      • Bonner County
      • This Edgemere is located in Bonner County and lies 2,015 miles [3,242.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Edgemere that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Edgemere.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Edgemere is located in Baltimore County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgemere that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Edgemere.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Edgemere is located in Worcester County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgemere that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Edgemere.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton 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 Michigan community of Edgemere [Houghton County].
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Edgemere is located in Queens County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgemere that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Edgemere.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pike County
      • This Edgemere is located in Pike County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgemere that is located in Greenwood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Edgemere.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgemere ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Cherokee Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Downs Siding
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Downs Siding is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Siding
  • Fawn Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fawn Brook is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Brook
  • Forest Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Forest Lake is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
  • Harris
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Harris is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Hill and Dale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hill and Dale is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lodge Grounds
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lodge Grounds is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grounds
    • Page Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Page Place is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Place
    • Rock Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rock Creek is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Timberlake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Timberlake is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
    • Windtree
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Windtree is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windtree
    • Woodlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Greenwood, which is the Seat of Greenwood County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Edgemere to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 430 miles [692 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,021 miles [11,299.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgemere) 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 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 Edgemere 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 Edgemere 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 Edgemere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2232, Longitude: -82.1848       In this case, the coordinates for Edgemere have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.986 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.285 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.309 degrees.