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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 Hills Estates:
30.277462, -81.745376
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We found three communities that share the name Cedar Hills Estates.
Within Florida, the name Cedar Hills Estates is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Colbert County
This Cedar Hills Estates is located in Colbert County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Hills Estates that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Cedar Hills Estates.
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Cedar Hills Estates is located in Lonoke County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Hills Estates that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Cedar Hills Estates.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Cedar Hills Estates is located in Wake County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Hills Estates that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Cedar Hills Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Hills Estates ...
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.
Brightsville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brightsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Hills Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Hills Estates and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Hills Estates to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 652 miles [1,049.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
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 Hills Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Hills Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2775, Longitude: -81.7454 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Hills Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Cedar Hills Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.597 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.28 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.146 degrees.