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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 Edgewater Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edgewater Beach 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 Edgewater Beach:
    • 47.150929, -122.932087
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Edgewater Beach
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Edgewater Beach ...

We found ten communities that share the name Edgewater Beach.

Within Washington, the name Edgewater Beach is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Porter 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 Indiana community of Edgewater Beach [Porter County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km]<2> to the east of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Cheboygan County and lies 1,801 miles [2,898.4 km]<2> to the east of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Missouri
      • Taney County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Taney County and lies 1,679 miles [2,702.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Oneida County and lies 2,277 miles [3,664.5 km]<2> to the east of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Licking County and lies 2,063 miles [3,320.1 km]<2> to the east of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Ontario
      • This Edgewater Beach lies 1,964 miles [3,160.8 km]<2> to the east of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
    • Tennessee
      • Lake County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Lake County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Travis County and lies 1,757 miles [2,827.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Edgewater Beach.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<2> to the east of the Edgewater Beach that is located in Thurston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Edgewater Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgewater Beach ...

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.

  • Agate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
    • Agate is located in Mason County
  • Graham Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Point
    • Graham Point is located in Mason County
  • Grant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Grant is located in Mason County
  • Gravelly Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravelly Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Beach
    • Gravelly Beach is located in Thurston County
  • Lacey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Lacey is located in Thurston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lacey <4>
  • Longbranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
    • Marshville is located in Thurston County
  • Meridian
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Meridian is located in Pierce County
  • Mushroom Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mushroom Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mushroom Corner
    • Mushroom Corner is located in Thurston County
  • Sunrise Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
    • Sunrise Beach is located in Thurston County
  • Sunset Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
    • Sunset Beach is located in Thurston County
  • Tumwater
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

How Far From Edgewater Beach to ...

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 Edgewater Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Olympia, which is the Seat of Thurston County, lies just to the South.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies just to the south (S).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,349 miles [3,780.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Edgewater Beach to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 5 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 134 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 92 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,812 miles [10,962.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edgewater Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Thurston County: www.co.thurston.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Edgewater Beach 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Edgewater Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgewater Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1509, Longitude: -122.9321       In this case, the coordinates for Edgewater Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Edgewater Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.35 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.959 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.186 degrees.




 

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