Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cedar City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar City and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar City
- 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 City:
- 38.597257, -92.179628
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cedar City
- 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 Callaway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Callaway County
- Since Cedar City is near Cole County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cole County
- eBird sighting report for Boone 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cedar City ...
We found five communities that share the name Cedar City.
Within Missouri, the name Cedar City is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Black Hawk County
- This Cedar City is located in Black Hawk County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar City that is located in Callaway County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Black Hawk County community of Cedar City.
- Michigan
- Leelanau 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 Michigan community of Cedar City [Leelanau County].
- Minnesota
- Mower County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Mower County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Cedar City.
- Nebraska
- Wheeler County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Wheeler County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Cedar City.
- Utah
- Iron County
- This Cedar City is located in Iron County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar City that is located in Callaway County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Cedar City.
- Iowa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar City ...
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.
- Bass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Castle Rock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Osage County
- Centertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Centertown is located in Cole County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Centertown <5>
- Claysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Claysville is located in Boone County
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Effie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Eureka ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Folk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folk
- Folk is located in Osage County
- French Village ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Hartsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsburg
- Hartsburg is located in Boone County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartsburg <5>
- Honey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Honey Creek is located in Cole County
- Hord ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Loose Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loose Creek
- Loose Creek is located in Osage County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loose Creek <5>
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Stringtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Cole County
- Liberty
How Far From Cedar City 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 City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar City and extending to:
- Fulton, which is the Seat of Callaway County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar City to Fulton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 814 miles [1,310 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5973, Longitude: -92.1796 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 City 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 Cedar City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.382 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.26 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.595 degrees. |