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 Cedarwood:
42.370930, -71.262557
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 Cedarwood
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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Cedarwood.
Within Massachusetts, the name Cedarwood is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Pueblo County
This Cedarwood is located in Pueblo County and lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km]<1> to the west of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pueblo County community of Cedarwood.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Cedarwood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cedarwood.
Georgia
Carroll County
This Cedarwood is located in Carroll County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cedarwood.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Cedarwood is located in Calvert County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Cedarwood.
Harford County
This Cedarwood is located in Harford County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km] to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cedarwood.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Cedarwood is located in Anderson County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Cedarwood.
Lexington County
This Cedarwood is located in Lexington County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km] to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Cedarwood.
York County
This Cedarwood is located in York County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the southwest of the Cedarwood that is located in Middlesex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Cedarwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedarwood ...
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.
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 Cedarwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedarwood and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Cedarwood to Boston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,512 miles [8,870.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,095 miles [6,590.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedarwood) 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 Cedarwood 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 Cedarwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3709, Longitude: -71.2626 In this case, the coordinates for Cedarwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.095 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.708 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.657 degrees.