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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 Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Spring 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 Spring:
- 37.122269, -86.153034
- 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 Spring
- 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 Edmonson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
- Since Cedar Spring is near Warren County and also Barren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren 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 Spring
Communities Also Named Cedar Spring ...
We found six communities that are also named Cedar Spring.
Within Kentucky, the name Cedar Spring is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Navajo County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Cedar Spring.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Cedar Spring is located in Harford County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedar Spring that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cedar Spring.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Cedar Spring.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cedar Spring [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- This Cedar Spring is located in Bradley County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Cedar Spring that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Cedar Spring.
- Putnam County
- This Cedar Spring is located in Putnam County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the southeast of the Cedar Spring that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Cedar Spring.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Spring ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Arthur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arthur is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Mammoth Cave
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Merry Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Merry Oaks is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
- Park City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pig
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Rocky Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Tuckertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
How Far From Cedar Spring 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 Cedar Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Spring and extending to:
- Brownsville, which is the Seat of Edmonson County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Spring to Frankfort, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 510 miles [820.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,949 miles [7,964.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Spring 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. |
| <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 Spring 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 Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1223, Longitude: -86.1530 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.436 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.514 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.179 degrees. |
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