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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 Edgehill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgehill 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 Edgehill:
    • 37.192778, -76.498889
    • 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 Edgehill
  • 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Since Edgehill is near Newport News City and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newport News City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Edgehill

Communities Also Named Edgehill ...

We found nine communities that are also named Edgehill.

There are five communities within Virginia that are also named Edgehill.

Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Gloucester County
      • This Edgehill is located in Gloucester County and lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Edgehill.
    • Goochland County
      • This Edgehill is located in Goochland County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Edgehill.
    • King George County
      • This Edgehill is located in King George County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Edgehill.
    • Roanoke City
      • This Edgehill is located in Roanoke City and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the west of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Edgehill.
    • Southampton County
      • This Edgehill is located in Southampton County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the southwest of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Edgehill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Edgehill is located in Kent County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Edgehill.
    • Kentucky
      • Calloway County
      • 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 Kentucky community of Edgehill [Calloway County].
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Edgehill [Shelby County].
    • Missouri
      • Reynolds County
      • This Edgehill is located in Reynolds County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the west of the Edgehill that is located in York County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Edgehill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgehill ...

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.

  • Blacksmith Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blacksmith Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksmith Corner
  • Crab
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Crab is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab
  • Dandy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dandy is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dandy
  • Dare
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dare is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dare
  • Evergreen Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Evergreen Shores is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
  • Harris Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Harris Grove is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
  • Heritage Hamlet
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Hamlet is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hamlet
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Hill is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Holly Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Hills is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
  • Kentucky Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kentucky Farms is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Farms
  • Lee Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lee Hall is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Hall
  • Merry Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Merry Oaks is located in Newport News City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Oyster Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Oyster Cove is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Cove
    • Patricia Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Patricia Heights is located in Newport News City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricia Heights
    • Poor Farm
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Poor Farm is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Farm
    • Red Hill Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Red Hill Village is located in Newport News City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Village
    • Victory Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Victory Hill is located in Gloucester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Hill
    • Woods Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woods Run is located in Newport News City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run

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

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

  • Yorktown, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the North.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Edgehill to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 121 miles [194.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 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 from Point A (ie- Edgehill) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Edgehill 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>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 Edgehill 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 Edgehill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1928, Longitude: -76.4989       In this case, the coordinates for Edgehill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.677 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.935 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.141 degrees.