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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 Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewood Heights 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 Heights:
    • 36.040079, -84.137417
    • 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 Edgewood Heights
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Edgewood Heights is near Knox County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Edgewood Heights

Communities Also Named Edgewood Heights ...

We found two communities that are also named Edgewood Heights.

Within Tennessee, the name Edgewood Heights is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Boone 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 Illinois community of Edgewood Heights [Boone County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Edgewood Heights is located in Harford County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Edgewood Heights that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Edgewood Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewood Heights ...

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.

  • Bud ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bud is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
  • Bull Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bull Run is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Camelot is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Golden Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Golden Meadows is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Meadows
  • Grand Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grand Oaks is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Oaks
  • Heather Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Heather Heights is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • King Arthur Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • King Arthur Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Arthur Court
  • Kirkstall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kirkstall is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkstall
  • Lees Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lees Ferry is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ferry
  • Peak
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Peak is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
  • Treeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Treeville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treeville
  • Volunteer Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village

How Far From Edgewood Heights to ...

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 Edgewood Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clinton, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Edgewood Heights to Nashville, with an average speed<3>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 436 miles [701.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,033 miles [11,318.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,909 miles [7,900.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Edgewood Heights 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgewood Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Heights 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 Edgewood Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0401, Longitude: -84.1374       In this case, the coordinates for Edgewood Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.176 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.912 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.603 degrees.