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 Brook:
35.223755, -80.658957
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 Brook
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Cedar Brook.
Within North Carolina, the name Cedar Brook is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Lee County
This Cedar Brook is located in Lee County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Brook that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Cedar Brook.
Illinois
Rock Island County
This Cedar Brook is located in Rock Island County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Brook that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock Island County community of Cedar Brook.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Cedar Brook is located in Camden County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Brook that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Cedar Brook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Brook ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Brook and extending to:
Charlotte, which is the Seat of Mecklenburg County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Brook to Charlotte, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 322 miles [518.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Brook 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 Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2238, Longitude: -80.6590 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.116 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.431 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.433 degrees.