RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Georgia >> Carroll County >> Cedar Valley >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cedar Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Valley 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 Valley:
    • 33.538166, -85.272727
    • 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 Cedar Valley
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Cedar Valley is near Cleburne County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Cedar Valley

Communities Also Named Cedar Valley ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Cedar Valley.

There are three communities within Georgia that are also named Cedar Valley.

Beyond Georgia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • DeKalb County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in DeKalb County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Polk 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 Georgia community of Cedar Valley [Polk County].
    • Whitfield County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Whitfield County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitfield County community of Cedar Valley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Madison County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Iowa
      • Cedar County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Butler County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Cedar Valley.
      • Taney 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 Missouri community of Cedar Valley [Taney County].
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Caldwell County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Ohio
      • Wayne County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Wayne County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Logan County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cedar Valley.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Sullivan County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Bell County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Cedar Valley.
      • Travis County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Travis County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Utah
      • Utah 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 Utah community of Cedar Valley [Utah County].
    • Virginia
      • Radford City
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Radford City and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of Cedar Valley.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Snohomish County and lies 2,147 miles [3,455.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Valley that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Cedar Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Valley ...

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.

  • Bucktown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bucktown is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • Farmers High
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Farmers High is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers High
  • Gold Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold Ridge is located in Randolph County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Ridge
  • Graham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Graham is located in Randolph County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • High Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • High Point is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Hightower
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hightower is located in Cleburne County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
  • Joel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Joel is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
  • Jonesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jonesville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Luckie ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Luckie is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckie
  • Union Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Union Hill is located in Cleburne County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
  • Victory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Victory is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory

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

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

  • Carrollton, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Valley to Carrollton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 589 miles [947.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,191 miles [11,572.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,068 miles [8,156.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Valley 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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Valley 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 Cedar Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5382, Longitude: -85.2727       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.765 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.238 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.684 degrees.