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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Lake 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 Lake:
    • 30.468253, -88.938088
    • 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 Lake
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Cedar Lake is near Jackson County and also Stone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stone 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 Lake

Communities Also Named Cedar Lake ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Cedar Lake.

Within Mississippi, the name Cedar Lake is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, seventeen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Morgan County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Cedar Lake.
      • Walker County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Walker County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the north northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Cedar Lake [Hartford County].
      • Middlesex County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Dougherty County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Lake County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Montcalm County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Montcalm County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montcalm County community of Cedar Lake.
      • Van Buren 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 Lake [Van Buren County].
    • Minnesota
      • Crow Wing 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 Minnesota community of Cedar Lake [Crow Wing County].
      • Scott County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Scott County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Cedar Lake.
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Atlantic County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Cedar Lake.
      • Morris 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 Jersey community of Cedar Lake [Morris County].
    • New York
      • Herkimer County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Cedar Lake.
    • Ontario
      • This Cedar Lake lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Greenwood County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Texas
      • Matagorda County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Matagorda County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Cedar Lake.
    • Wisconsin
      • Washington County
      • This Cedar Lake is located in Washington County and lies 890 miles [1,432.3 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Lake that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cedar Lake.
      • Waushara 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 Wisconsin community of Cedar Lake [Waushara County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Lake ...

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.

  • Coalville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Coalville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
  • Edgewater Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Gulf Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
  • Heartease ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Heartease is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartease
  • Mississippi City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
  • Ocean Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Orange Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Orange Grove is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
  • Pops Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pops Ferry is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pops Ferry
  • Wool Market
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
    • Wool Market has also been known as:
    • Woolmarket

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

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

  • Gulfport, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Lake to Gulfport, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 890 miles [1,432.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,491 miles [12,055.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,369 miles [8,640.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Lake) 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 Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4683, Longitude: -88.9381       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.702 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.059 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.705 degrees.