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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 Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Landing 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 Landing:
    • 38.425398, -75.972992
    • 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 Landing
  • 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Since Cedar Landing is near Wicomico County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Landing

Communities Also Named Cedar Landing ...

We found two communities that are also named Cedar Landing.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Cedar Landing.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Cedar Landing in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Saint Mary's County
      • This Cedar Landing is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Landing that is located in Dorchester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Cedar Landing.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns County
      • This Cedar Landing is located in Saint Johns County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cedar Landing that is located in Dorchester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Cedar Landing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Landing ...

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.

  • Brick House Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Brick House Landing is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House Landing
  • Bucktown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • Cokeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cokeland is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeland
  • Henrys Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Henrys Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Crossroads
  • Hollands Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hollands Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Crossroads
  • Indianbone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indianbone is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianbone
  • Lewis Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lewis Landing is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Landing
  • Longfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Longfield is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfield
  • Robbins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Robbins is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
  • Robbins Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Robbins Landing is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Landing
  • Rocky Hook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Hook is located in Dorchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hook

How Far From Cedar Landing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Landing to Cambridge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,872 miles [9,450.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 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 Landing) 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 Landing 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 Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4254, Longitude: -75.9730       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.298 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.694 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.457 degrees.