Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cedar Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Ridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Ridge
- 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 Ridge:
- 34.781191, -84.888831
- 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 Ridge
- 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 Whitfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Whitfield County
- Since Cedar Ridge is near Murray County and also Catoosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Murray County
- eBird sighting report for Catoosa 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 Ridge ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Cedar Ridge.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Cedar Ridge.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Newton County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Newton County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Paulding County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Paulding County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Newton County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall 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 Alabama community of Cedar Ridge [Marshall County].
- Arizona
- Coconino 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 Ridge [Coconino County].
- Maricopa County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Cedar Ridge.
- California
- Nevada County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Nevada County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Tuolumne County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County and lies 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km] to the west northwest of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel 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 Maryland community of Cedar Ridge [Anne Arundel County].
- Missouri
- Dallas County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Dallas County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Cedar Ridge.
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Rockingham County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Oklahoma
- Pawnee County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Pawnee County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Adams County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Ridge that is located in Whitfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Cedar Ridge.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Ridge ...
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.
- Cedar Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Cedar Valley is located in Whitfield County
- Dawnville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Five Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Springs
- Five Springs is located in Whitfield County
- Fort Mountain ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mountain
- Fort Mountain is located in Murray County
- Keiths Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keiths Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiths Mill
- Keiths Mill is located in Whitfield County
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Whitfield County
- Ruralvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Spring Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Spring Place is located in Murray County
- Treadwell
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Union Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Point
- Union Point is located in Whitfield County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,845 people
How Far From Cedar Ridge 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 Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Ridge and extending to:
- Dalton, which is the Seat of Whitfield County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Ridge to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Ridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Whitfield County: www.whitfieldcountyga.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.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 Ridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7812, Longitude: -84.8888 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Ridge 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ridge 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> | 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 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 Cedar Ridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.591 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.212 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.235 degrees. |