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we pass this GPS location for Sedgefield:
37.044036, -76.459393
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Waymarking ...
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We found fourteen communities that are also named Sedgefield.
Within Virginia, the name Sedgefield is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Bullock County
This Sedgefield is located in Bullock County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullock County community of Sedgefield.
Dallas County
This Sedgefield is located in Dallas County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Sedgefield.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Sedgefield is located in Clarke County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Sedgefield.
Columbia County
This Sedgefield is located in Columbia County and lies 402 miles [647 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Sedgefield.
Houston County
This Sedgefield is located in Houston County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Sedgefield.
New Jersey
Morris 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 New Jersey community of Sedgefield [Morris County].
North Carolina
Guilford County
This Sedgefield is located in Guilford County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Sedgefield.
Mecklenburg County
This Sedgefield is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Sedgefield.
New Hanover County
This Sedgefield is located in New Hanover County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Sedgefield.
Orange County
This Sedgefield is located in Orange County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Sedgefield.
Pitt County
This Sedgefield is located in Pitt County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Sedgefield.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Sedgefield is located in Anderson County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Sedgefield.
Berkeley County
This Sedgefield is located in Berkeley County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Sedgefield.
York County
This Sedgefield is located in York County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Sedgefield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sedgefield ...
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 Sedgefield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sedgefield and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Sedgefield 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 about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sedgefield) 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 Sedgefield 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.
<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 Sedgefield 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 Sedgefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0440, Longitude: -76.4594 In this case, the coordinates for Sedgefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.662 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.896 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.18 degrees.