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 Park:
36.867370, -76.394667
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 Park
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:
We found eleven communities that are also named Edgewood Park.
Within Virginia, the name Edgewood Park is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Iowa
Scott County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Edgewood Park [Scott County].
Maryland
Baltimore County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Edgewood Park [Baltimore County].
Wicomico County
This Edgewood Park is located in Wicomico County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Edgewood Park.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Edgewood Park is located in Ocean County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<2> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Edgewood Park.
New York
Jefferson County
This Edgewood Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Edgewood Park.
North Carolina
Onslow County
This Edgewood Park is located in Onslow County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Edgewood Park.
Ohio
Stark County
This Edgewood Park is located in Stark County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<2> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Edgewood Park.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Edgewood Park.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Allegheny County].
Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Bucks County].
Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Delaware County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewood 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.
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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgewood Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Edgewood Park to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Edgewood Park 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 . 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.
<2>
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- Edgewood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Edgewood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8674, Longitude: -76.3947 In this case, the coordinates for Edgewood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.634 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.838 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.221 degrees.