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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 City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar City and the surrounding area.
- 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 City:
- 42.540540, -92.441021
- 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 City
- 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 Black Hawk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Black Hawk County
- Since Cedar City is near Grundy County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 City
Communities Also Named Cedar City ...
We found five communities that are also named Cedar City.
Within Iowa, the name Cedar City is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Leelanau 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 Michigan community of Cedar City [Leelanau County].
- Minnesota
- Mower County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Mower County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Cedar City.
- Missouri
- Callaway County
- This Cedar City is located in Callaway County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<3> to the south of the Cedar City that is located in Black Hawk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Cedar City.
- Nebraska
- Wheeler County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wheeler County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Cedar City.
- Utah
- Iron County
- This Cedar City is located in Iron County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<3> to the west of the Cedar City that is located in Black Hawk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Cedar City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar City ...
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 Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Castle Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Hill is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Cedar Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dike
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Edwards is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Finchford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Finchford is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchford
- Fredsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fredsville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredsville
- Glasgow ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glasgow is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Hilltop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Janesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orange is located in Black Hawk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
How Far From Cedar City to ...
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 City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar City and extending to:
- Waterloo, which is the Seat of Black Hawk County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar City to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>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 843 miles [1,356.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,069 miles [11,376.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,965 miles [7,990.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Cedar City 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> | 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 City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 City 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 City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5405, Longitude: -92.4410 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.696 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.147 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.826 degrees. |
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