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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 Edgefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgefield 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 Edgefield:
    • 36.330611, -85.904429
    • 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 Edgefield
  • 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
    • Since Edgefield is near Jackson County and also Macon 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 Macon 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 Edgefield

Communities Also Named Edgefield ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Edgefield.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Edgefield.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Edgefield [Davidson County].
    • Sullivan County
      • This Edgefield is located in Sullivan County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the east of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Edgefield.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Edgefield is located in Barbour County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<2> to the south of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Edgefield.
      • Jackson County
      • This Edgefield is located in Jackson County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the south of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Edgefield.
      • Mobile County
      • This Edgefield is located in Mobile County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km] to the south southwest of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Edgefield.
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • This Edgefield is located in Red River Parish and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Edgefield.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Edgefield [Attala County].
    • Ohio
      • Fayette County
      • This Edgefield is located in Fayette County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Edgefield.
      • Stark County
      • This Edgefield is located in Stark County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km] to the northeast of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Edgefield.
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • This Edgefield is located in Edgefield County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgefield County community of Edgefield.
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • This Edgefield is located in Portsmouth City and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<2> to the east of the Edgefield that is located in Smith County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Edgefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgefield ...

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.

  • Bagdad ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bagdad is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Carthage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cartwright
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cartwright is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Defeated
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Defeated is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
  • Difficult
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Graveltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Graveltown is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graveltown
  • Macey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Macey is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
  • Pleasant Shade
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stone Bridge ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stone Bridge is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bridge
  • Tanglewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tanglewood is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

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

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

  • Carthage, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Edgefield to Nashville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 516 miles [830.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,973 miles [8,003.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Edgefield 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Edgefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Edgefield 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 Edgefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3306, Longitude: -85.9044       In this case, the coordinates for Edgefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.26 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.20 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.273 degrees.