Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cedar Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Springs and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Springs
- 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 Cedar Springs:
- 34.305091, -85.493293
- 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 Cedar Springs
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Cedar Springs is near Chattooga County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chattooga County
- eBird sighting report for Floyd 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cedar Springs ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Cedar Springs.
There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Cedar Springs.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Blount County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Blount County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Cedar Springs.
- Calhoun County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Calhoun County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Cedar Springs.
- Blount County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Graham 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 Arizona community of Cedar Springs [Graham County].
- Navajo County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Navajo County and lies 1,407 miles [2,264.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Cedar Springs.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Cedar Springs.
- San Bernardino County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cedar Springs [San Bernardino County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Cedar Springs [Hartford County].
- Georgia
- Early County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Early County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Cedar Springs.
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Allen County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Cedar Springs.
- Michigan
- Kent County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Kent County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Cedar Springs.
- Missouri
- Cedar County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Cedar County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Cedar Springs.
- New Jersey
- Cape May County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Cape May County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Cedar Springs.
- New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in DeBaca County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeBaca County community of Cedar Springs.
- Ohio
- Preble County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Preble County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preble County community of Cedar Springs.
- Oklahoma
- Major County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Major County and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Major County community of Cedar Springs.
- Ontario
- This Cedar Springs lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Clinton County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Cedar Springs.
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Abbeville County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Abbeville County community of Cedar Springs.
- Charleston County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Charleston County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the east southeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Cedar Springs.
- Kershaw County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Kershaw County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Cedar Springs.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Knox County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Cedar Springs.
- Madison 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 Tennessee community of Cedar Springs [Madison County].
- Marion County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Marion County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the north of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Cedar Springs.
- McMinn County
- This Cedar Springs is located in McMinn County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the north northeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Cedar Springs.
- Texas
- Falls County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Falls County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Cedar Springs.
- Upshur County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Upshur County and lies 540 miles [869 km] to the west of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Cedar Springs.
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Cedar Springs.
- Virginia
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Cedar Springs [Fairfax County].
- Smyth County
- This Cedar Springs is located in Smyth County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Springs that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smyth County community of Cedar Springs.
- Wythe 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 Virginia community of Cedar Springs [Wythe County].
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Springs ...
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.
- Broomtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County
- Cornwall Furnace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwall Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Furnace
- Cornwall Furnace is located in Cherokee County
- Dewey
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Early ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Grassland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Hall Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Valley
- Hall Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Mount Hope ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Poetry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Sprite
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Starkville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starkville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County
How Far From Cedar Springs 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 Cedar Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Cedar Springs once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Springs and extending to:
- Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Springs to Centre, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 565 miles [909.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3051, Longitude: -85.4933 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cedar Springs 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cedar Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Cedar Springs 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 312.933 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.539 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.594 degrees. |