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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 Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Bluff 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 Bluff:
- 37.119497, -92.092379
- 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 Bluff
- 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 Texas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Texas County
- Since Cedar Bluff is near Howell County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Bluff
Communities Also Named Cedar Bluff ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Cedar Bluff.
There is one other community in Missouri that is also named Cedar Bluff.
Beyond Missouri, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Saint Louis County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Saint Louis County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cherokee County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Cherokee County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Clarke County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Illinois
- Pope County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Pope County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Iowa
- Cedar County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Kansas
- Ellsworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cedar Bluff [Ellsworth County].
- Rooks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cedar Bluff [Rooks County].
- Kentucky
- Caldwell County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Caldwell County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Allegan County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Mississippi
- Clay County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Clay County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Knox County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Macon County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Macon County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Sevier County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Sevier County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Virginia
- Roanoke City
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Roanoke City and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<1> to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Cedar Bluff.
- Stafford County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Stafford County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Tazewell County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Tazewell County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km] to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Cedar Bluff.
- Washington County
- This Cedar Bluff is located in Washington County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km] to the east of the Cedar Bluff that is located in Texas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cedar Bluff.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Bluff ...
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.
- Alice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alice is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Ann
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ann is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ann
- Antler ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antler is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antler
- Clara
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clara is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Elk Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Creek is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Fowler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fowler is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Goodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goodville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodville
- Gravel Point ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Point is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Point
- Mountain Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Solo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solo is located in Texas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Topaz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Topaz is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
- Willow Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Cedar Bluff 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 Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Bluff and extending to:
- Houston, which is the Seat of Texas County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Bluff to Houston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,318 miles [11,777.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Cedar Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bluff 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. |
| <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 Cedar Bluff 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 Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1195, Longitude: -92.0924 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.24 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.898 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.853 degrees. |
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