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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 Lawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Lawn 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 Lawn:
    • 39.649540, -77.764161
    • 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 Lawn
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Cedar Lawn is near Franklin County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Lawn

Communities Also Named Cedar Lawn ...

We found three communities that are also named Cedar Lawn.

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

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Prince George's County
      • This Cedar Lawn is located in Prince George's County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cedar Lawn that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Cedar Lawn.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Cedar Lawn is located in Cook County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Lawn that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Cedar Lawn.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cedar Lawn [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Lawn ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Clearview is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Countryside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Countryside is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Fiddlesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Fiddlesburg is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlesburg
  • Fountain Head
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fountain Head is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
  • Friendship Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Friendship Park is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Park
  • Funkstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gardenspot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Gardenspot is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenspot
  • Greenberry Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greenberry Hills is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenberry Hills
  • Halfway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Halfway is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Hunter Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter Hill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
  • Lemons Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lemons Ferry is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemons Ferry
  • Lights Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lights Ferry is located in Berkeley County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lights Ferry
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Long Meadow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Long Meadow is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
    • Martins Crossroads
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Martins Crossroads is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
    • Mason and Dixon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Mason and Dixon is located in Franklin County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason and Dixon
    • Orchard Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • Paramount
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Paramount is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount
    • Security
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Security is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Security
    • Spring Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Terrace Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Terrace Hills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Hills
    • Wood Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Wood Point is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Point

How Far From Cedar Lawn 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 Lawn to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Lawn to Annapolis, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 64 miles [103 km] to the southeast (SE). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Lawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lawn 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Lawn 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 Lawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6495, Longitude: -77.7642       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Lawn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.274 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.992 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.735 degrees.