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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 The Cedars, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Cedars 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 The Cedars:
    • 46.872608, -115.076904
    • 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 The Cedars
  • 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 Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
    • Since The Cedars is near Shoshone County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shoshone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 The Cedars

Communities Also Named The Cedars ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named The Cedars.

Within Idaho, the name The Cedars is unique.

Beyond Idaho, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This The Cedars is located in Lauderdale County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of The Cedars.
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian 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 Arkansas community of The Cedars [Sebastian County].
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This The Cedars is located in Placer County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of The Cedars.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This The Cedars is located in Litchfield County and lies 2,056 miles [3,308.8 km]<1> to the east of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of The Cedars.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This The Cedars is located in New Castle County and lies 2,019 miles [3,249.3 km]<1> to the east of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of The Cedars.
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • This The Cedars is located in Caddo Parish and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of The Cedars.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This The Cedars is located in Harford County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km]<1> to the east of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of The Cedars.
      • Howard County
      • This The Cedars is located in Howard County and lies 1,983 miles [3,191.3 km] to the east of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of The Cedars.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This The Cedars is located in Warren County and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km]<1> to the east southeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of The Cedars.
    • Montana
      • Mineral 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 Montana community of The Cedars [Mineral County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This The Cedars lies 2,305 miles [3,709.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This The Cedars is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 1,889 miles [3,040.1 km]<1> to the east of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of The Cedars.
    • Oklahoma
      • Le Flore County
      • This The Cedars is located in Le Flore County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of The Cedars.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This The Cedars is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,017 miles [3,246 km]<1> to the east of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of The Cedars.
    • Quebec
      • This The Cedars lies 1,944 miles [3,128.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This The Cedars is located in Greenville County and lies 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the The Cedars that is located in Clearwater County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of The Cedars.
    • Virginia
      • Smyth 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 Virginia community of The Cedars [Smyth County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Cedars ...

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 Junction ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Junction is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Junction
  • Cedar Mouth ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Mouth is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mouth
  • Crescent City ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescent City is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent City
  • Gold Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Gold Creek is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
  • Moose City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Moose City is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose City
  • Oliverville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Oliverville is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliverville
  • Quartz
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Quartz is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
  • Riverbend
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverbend is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
  • Superior
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Orofino, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from The Cedars to Orofino, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,980 miles [3,186.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,692 miles [10,769.7 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 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,508 miles [8,864.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Cedars) 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 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 The Cedars 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>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 The Cedars 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 The Cedars. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8726, Longitude: -115.0769    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.905 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.464 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.147 degrees.