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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 Edmondson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edmondson 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 Edmondson:
    • 36.411748, -83.671299
    • 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 Edmondson
  • 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 Claiborne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
    • Since Edmondson is near Union County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Edmondson

Communities Also Named Edmondson ...

We found three communities that are also named Edmondson.

Within Tennessee, the name Edmondson is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Edmondson is located in Crittenden County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the west of the Edmondson that is located in Claiborne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Edmondson.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • 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 Maryland community of Edmondson [Baltimore City].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Edmondson is located in Johnston County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the east of the Edmondson that is located in Claiborne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Edmondson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edmondson ...

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.

  • Chestnut Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Chittum
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Chittum is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittum
  • Clouds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Clouds is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clouds
  • Combs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Combs is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
  • Cupp Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cupp Mill is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupp Mill
  • Duo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Duo is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duo
  • Elm Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elm Springs is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Springs
  • Little Barren
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Barren is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Barren
  • Lone Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
  • Sandlick
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
  • Williams Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Williams Mill is located in Claiborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Mill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Edmondson once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Edmondson and extending to:

  • Tazewell, which is the Seat of Claiborne County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Edmondson to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 401 miles [645.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,286 miles [10,116.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,997 miles [11,260.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Edmondson) 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 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 Edmondson 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>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 Edmondson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Edmondson 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 Edmondson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4117, Longitude: -83.6713       In this case, the coordinates for Edmondson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.901 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.65 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.308 degrees.