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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 Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Hills 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 Hills:
    • 39.567778, -86.179722
    • 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 Hills
  • 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Since Cedar Hills is near Morgan County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Hills

Communities Also Named Cedar Hills ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Cedar Hills.

Within Indiana, the name Cedar Hills is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Duval County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Muscogee County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Cedar Hills.
      • Oconee County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Oconee County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km] to the south southeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Linn County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Washington County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Hinds County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Cedar Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Iredell County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Clark County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Cedar Hills.
      • Guernsey County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Guernsey County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Washington County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Hamblen County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Cedar Hills.
      • Loudon County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Loudon County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the south southeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Utah County and lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Cedar Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • This Cedar Hills is located in Goochland County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cedar Hills that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goochland County community of Cedar Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Hills ...

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.

  • Bluff Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clearview is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Deerwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deerwood is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Eagle Trace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Eagle Trace is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Trace
  • El Dorado
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • El Dorado is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • Frances
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Frances is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
  • Golden Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Golden Grove is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
  • Hunters Pointe
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hunters Pointe is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Pointe
  • Kinder
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Kinder is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
  • Stones Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
  • Waters Edge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Waters Edge is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge
  • Willow Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Willow Lakes is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lakes
  • Woodland Stream
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Woodland Stream is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Stream

How Far From Cedar Hills 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 Hills 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 and extending to:

  • Franklin, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Hills to Indianapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,238 miles [10,039.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,967 miles [11,212.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,844 miles [7,795.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 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 Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5678, Longitude: -86.1797       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.49 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.922 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.532 degrees.