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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 Edwina:
35.911312, -83.172452
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.
We found one communities that are also named Edwina.
Within Tennessee, the name Edwina is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Edwina in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Monroe County
This Edwina is located in Monroe County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Edwina that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Edwina.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edwina ...
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.
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 Edwina to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edwina and extending to:
Newport, which is the Seat of Cocke County, lies just to the North Northwest.
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Edwina to Nashville, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 394 miles [634.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,872 miles [7,840.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edwina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Edwina 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 Edwina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9113, Longitude: -83.1725 In this case, the coordinates for Edwina have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.595 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.227 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.24 degrees.