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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 Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewood Hills and the surrounding area.
- 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 Hills:
- 35.704515, -84.875503
- 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 Hills
- 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 Rhea County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rhea County
- Since Edgewood Hills is near Meigs County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Hills
Communities Also Named Edgewood Hills ...
We found four communities that are also named Edgewood Hills.
Within Tennessee, the name Edgewood Hills is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Edgewood Hills is located in New Castle County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edgewood Hills that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Edgewood Hills.
- Maryland
- Cecil County
- This Edgewood Hills is located in Cecil County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Edgewood Hills that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Edgewood Hills.
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- This Edgewood Hills is located in Dauphin County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edgewood Hills that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Edgewood Hills.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Edgewood Hills is located in Weber County and lies 1,505 miles [2,422.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgewood Hills that is located in Rhea County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Edgewood Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewood Hills ...
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.
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hideaway Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hideaway Hills is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Hills
- Ideal Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ideal Valley is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal Valley
- Lorraine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lorraine is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Mars Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mars Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Mount Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sulphur is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sulphur
- Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slabtown is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Spring City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wolf Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
How Far From Edgewood Hills 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 Edgewood Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgewood Hills and extending to:
- Dayton, which is the Seat of Rhea County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Edgewood Hills to Dayton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 483 miles [777.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,368 miles [10,248.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Edgewood Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hills 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 Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7045, Longitude: -84.8755 In this case, the coordinates for Edgewood Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.613 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.367 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.998 degrees. |
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