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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 Cambria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cambria 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 Cambria:
- 41.821993, -84.664954
- 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 Cambria
- 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 Hillsdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale County
- Since Cambria is near Branch County and also Williams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Branch County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williams 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 Cambria
Communities Also Named Cambria ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Cambria.
Within Michigan, the name Cambria is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Luis Obispo County
- This Cambria is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 1,993 miles [3,207.4 km]<1> to the west of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Cambria.
- Illinois
- Williamson County
- This Cambria is located in Williamson County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cambria.
- Indiana
- Clinton County
- This Cambria is located in Clinton County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Cambria.
- Iowa
- Wayne County
- This Cambria is located in Wayne County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cambria.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Cambria is located in Baltimore County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Cambria.
- Harford County
- This Cambria is located in Harford County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the east southeast of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cambria.
- Minnesota
- Blue Earth County
- This Cambria is located in Blue Earth County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blue Earth County community of Cambria.
- New York
- Niagara 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 New York community of Cambria [Niagara County].
- Oklahoma
- Latimer 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 Oklahoma community of Cambria [Latimer County].
- Tennessee
- McMinn County
- This Cambria is located in McMinn County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the south of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Cambria.
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Cambria is located in Montgomery County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cambria.
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- This Cambria is located in Harrison County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Cambria.
- Nicholas County
- This Cambria is located in Nicholas County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km] to the southeast of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Cambria.
- Wisconsin
- Columbia County
- This Cambria is located in Columbia County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cambria that is located in Hillsdale County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Cambria.
- Wyoming
- Weston County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Cambria [Weston County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cambria ...
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.
- Allen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bankers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bankers is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankers
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- California
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- California is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
- Clear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Steuben County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Fountain Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fountain Park is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Park
- Frontier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
- Jonesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nettle Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nettle Lake is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettle Lake
- Pioneer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ransom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ransom is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shadyside is located in Hillsdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Stringtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Branch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
How Far From Cambria 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 Cambria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cambria and extending to:
- Hillsdale, which is the Seat of Hillsdale County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Cambria to Lansing, with an average speed<5> 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 449 miles [722.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,074 miles [9,775.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Cambria) 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 Cambria 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> | 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 Cambria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Cambria 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 Cambria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8220, Longitude: -84.6650 In this case, the coordinates for Cambria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.489 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.107 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.132 degrees. |
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