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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 Cedar Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Crest 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 Cedar Crest:
    • 37.244945, -119.201233
    • 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 Crest
  • 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 Crest ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Cedar Crest.

There is one other community in California which is also named Cedar Crest.

Beyond California, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Nevada County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Cedar Crest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,836 miles [2,954.8 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cedar Crest.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,799 miles [2,895.2 km] to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Cedar Crest.
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Cedar Crest.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Cedar Crest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Cedar Crest.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Plymouth County and lies 2,566 miles [4,129.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Cedar Crest.
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Cedar Crest.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Ocean County and lies 2,404 miles [3,868.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Cedar Crest.
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Bernalillo County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bernalillo County community of Cedar Crest.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Alamance County and lies 2,188 miles [3,521.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Cedar Crest.
    • Oklahoma
      • Mayes County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County and lies 1,326 miles [2,134 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mayes County community of Cedar Crest.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cedar Crest [Dallas County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Cedar Crest is located in Fairfax County and lies 2,266 miles [3,646.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Crest that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Cedar Crest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Crest ...

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.

  • Big Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
    • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
    • Former names for Big Creek:
    • Big Creek Flats
    • Cascada
    • Manzanita Park
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <4>
  • Cedar Crest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
    • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
  • Dinkey Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dinkey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinkey Creek
    • Dinkey Creek is located in Fresno County
  • Lakeshore
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mono Crossing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Crossing
    • Mono Crossing is located in Fresno County
  • Mono Hot Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rattlesnake Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rattlesnake Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Crossing
    • Rattlesnake Crossing is located in Fresno County
  • Rock Haven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
    • Rock Haven is located in Fresno County
  • Shaver Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Snow Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Bend
    • Snow Bend is located in Fresno County

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

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

  • Fresno, which is the Seat of Fresno County, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Crest to Fresno, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 89 days and walking would take 130 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,385 miles [11,885 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,154 miles [13,122.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

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

The official website for Fresno County: www.co.fresno.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Cedar Crest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2449, Longitude: -119.2012       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Crest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Crest 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Crest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.449 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.809 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.211 degrees.




 

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