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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 Hurst Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Hurst Village 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 Hurst Village:
- 38.397152, -75.637007
- 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 Hurst Village
- 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 Wicomico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
- Since Cedar Hurst Village is near Sussex County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Hurst Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Hurst Village ...
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.
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- California is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Cedarcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarcrest is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Chestnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Crooked Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crooked Oak is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Oak
- Dogwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Elliots Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elliots Place is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliots Place
- Foggy Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Foggy Bottom is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggy Bottom
- Foxwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Foxwood is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenlawn is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Hebron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron Woods is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Woods
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Hickory Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Acres is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
- Holland Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holland Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
- Hunting Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunting Park is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Park
- Justice Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Justice Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice Heights
- Kathleens Delight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kathleens Delight is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathleens Delight
- Leonard Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leonard Farm is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Farm
- Lincoln Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Maple Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Plains is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Plains
- Middle Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Middle Neck is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Neck
- Patricks Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Patricks Landing is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Landing
- Poets Colony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poets Colony is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poets Colony
- Riverside Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Pines is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Pines
- Rockawalking Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Rolling Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Shad Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shad Point is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Point
- Silver Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Run is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Sunset Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Heights is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Tall Timbers Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tall Timbers Park is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Timbers Park
- Timberlake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Timberlake is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Victory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Victory Gardens is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Gardens
- Woods Edge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Edge is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge
How Far From Cedar Hurst Village 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 Hurst Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cedar Hurst Village and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Wicomico County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Hurst Village to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,437 miles [7,140.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Hurst Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Hurst Village 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 Hurst Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3972, Longitude: -75.6370 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Hurst Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.106 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.33 degrees. |
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