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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 Cedarbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedarbrook 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 Cedarbrook:
    • 36.706892, -119.008164
    • 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 Cedarbrook
  • 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 Fresno County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fresno County
    • Since Cedarbrook is near Tulare County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Cedarbrook

Communities Also Named Cedarbrook ...

We found seven communities that are also named Cedarbrook.

Within California, the name Cedarbrook is unique.

Beyond California, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Cedarbrook [Cook County].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Cedarbrook is located in Carroll County and lies 2,277 miles [3,664.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedarbrook that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cedarbrook.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,360 miles [3,798.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedarbrook that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cedarbrook.
    • Quebec
      • This Cedarbrook lies 2,378 miles [3,827 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedarbrook that is located in Fresno County.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cedarbrook is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<2> to the east of the Cedarbrook that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cedarbrook.
      • Sumner County
      • This Cedarbrook is located in Sumner County and lies 1,787 miles [2,875.9 km] to the east of the Cedarbrook that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Cedarbrook.
    • Virginia
      • Culpeper County
      • This Cedarbrook is located in Culpeper County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedarbrook that is located in Fresno County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Cedarbrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedarbrook ...

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.

  • Badger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crabtree
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Crabtree is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
  • Deer Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Crossing is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Crossing
  • Goodmill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Goodmill is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodmill
  • Hartland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartland is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Rodgers Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rodgers Crossing is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Crossing
  • Rogers Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rogers Crossing is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Crossing
  • Stony Creek Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Stony Creek Village is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek Village

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

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

  • Fresno, which is the Seat of Fresno County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cedarbrook to Fresno, with an average speed<4> 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 just about two full days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,415 miles [11,933.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,184 miles [13,170.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

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 Cedarbrook 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedarbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cedarbrook 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 Cedarbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7069, Longitude: -119.0082       In this case, the coordinates for Cedarbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.225 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.506 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.098 degrees.