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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 Edgewater Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewater Beach 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 Edgewater Beach:
    • 36.356455, -89.432018
    • 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 Edgewater Beach
  • 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
    • Since Edgewater Beach is near Obion County and also New Madrid County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Obion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Madrid 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 Edgewater Beach

Communities Also Named Edgewater Beach ...

We found ten communities that are also named Edgewater Beach.

Within Tennessee, the name Edgewater Beach is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Porter 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 Indiana community of Edgewater Beach [Porter County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Missouri
      • Taney County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Taney County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the west of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Oneida County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Licking County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<2> to the northeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Ontario
      • This Edgewater Beach lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Travis County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Washington
      • Thurston County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Thurston County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<2> to the northwest of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thurston County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the north of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Lake County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Edgewater Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewater Beach ...

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.

  • Cat Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cat Corner is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Corner
  • Grays Camp
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Grays Camp is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Camp
  • Hornbeak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lake Drive
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lake Drive is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Drive
  • Linda
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Linda is located in New Madrid County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda
  • Mooring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mooring is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooring
  • Owl City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Owl City is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
  • Spout Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Spout Springs is located in Obion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
  • Sunkist Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
    • Estimated population in 2014: 547 people

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

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

  • Tiptonville, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Edgewater Beach to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Edgewater Beach 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Edgewater Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Edgewater Beach 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 Edgewater Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3565, Longitude: -89.4320       In this case, the coordinates for Edgewater Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.471 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.751 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.802 degrees.