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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 Edge Hill Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edge Hill Park 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 Edge Hill Park:
    • 37.216817, -77.458040
    • 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 Edge Hill Park
  • 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 Dinwiddie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dinwiddie County
    • Since Edge Hill Park is near Chesterfield County and also Petersburg City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Petersburg City
  • 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 Edge Hill Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edge Hill Park ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Camelot is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Chestnut Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Gardens is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gardens
  • College Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Field Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Field Crossing is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crossing
  • Grant Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heights is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heights
  • Jack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jack is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
  • Pocahontas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pocahontas is located in Petersburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Rabbit Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rabbit Run is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ramblewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ramblewood is located in Petersburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
    • River View Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • River View Park is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View Park
    • Robertson Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Robertson Place is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Place
    • Sandy Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Trojan Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Trojan Woods is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan Woods
    • Walnut Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Petersburg City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Edge Hill Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Edge Hill Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Edge Hill Park and extending to:

  • Dinwiddie, which is the Seat of Dinwiddie County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Edge Hill Park to Dinwiddie, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). 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 shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,987 miles [9,635.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,686 miles [10,760.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,565 miles [7,346.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edge Hill Park) 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 Edge Hill Park 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 Edge Hill Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2168, Longitude: -77.4580       In this case, the coordinates for Edge Hill Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.226 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.565 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.513 degrees.