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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 Creek:
35.778762, -78.805284
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 Creek
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 Wake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 34 communities that are also named Cedar Creek.
There are three communities within North Carolina that are also named Cedar Creek.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 31 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Cumberland County
This Cedar Creek is located in Cumberland County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cedar Creek.
Onslow County
This Cedar Creek is located in Onslow County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Cedar Creek.
Randolph County
This Cedar Creek is located in Randolph County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Cedar Creek.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Gila County
This Cedar Creek is located in Gila County and lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Cedar Creek.
Arkansas
Conway County
This Cedar Creek is located in Conway County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Cedar Creek.
Scott County
This Cedar Creek is located in Scott County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the west of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Cedar Creek.
Colorado
Montrose County
This Cedar Creek is located in Montrose County and lies 1,595 miles [2,566.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montrose County community of Cedar Creek.
Florida
Marion County
This Cedar Creek is located in Marion County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Cedar Creek.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Cedar Creek is located in Clarke County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Cedar Creek.
Gwinnett County
This Cedar Creek is located in Gwinnett County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Cedar Creek.
Newton County
This Cedar Creek is located in Newton County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Cedar Creek.
Idaho
Bonner County
This Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County and lies 2,085 miles [3,355.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Cedar Creek.
Illinois
Lake County
This Cedar Creek is located in Lake County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Cedar Creek.
Indiana
DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Cedar Creek [DeKalb County].
Kansas
Cowley 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 Kansas community of Cedar Creek [Cowley County].
Maryland
Kent 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 Maryland community of Cedar Creek [Kent County].
Michigan
Barry County
This Cedar Creek is located in Barry County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Cedar Creek.
Mississippi
Lowndes 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 Mississippi community of Cedar Creek [Lowndes County].
Nebraska
Antelope County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Antelope County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Cedar Creek.
Cass County
This Cedar Creek is located in Cass County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Cedar Creek.
New Jersey
Ocean 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 Creek [Ocean County].
New Mexico
Lincoln 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 Mexico community of Cedar Creek [Lincoln County].
Ohio
Wood County
This Cedar Creek is located in Wood County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Cedar Creek.
Ontario
This Cedar Creek lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the north of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Cedar Creek [Westmoreland County].
South Carolina
Kershaw County
This Cedar Creek is located in Kershaw County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Cedar Creek.
Richland County
This Cedar Creek is located in Richland County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Cedar Creek.
Williamsburg County
This Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the south southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Cedar Creek.
Tennessee
Greene County
This Cedar Creek is located in Greene County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cedar Creek.
Texas
Bastrop County
This Cedar Creek is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Cedar Creek.
Waller County
This Cedar Creek is located in Waller County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waller County community of Cedar Creek.
Utah
Box Elder County
This Cedar Creek is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,882 miles [3,028.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Cedar Creek.
Virginia
Frederick 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 Virginia community of Cedar Creek [Frederick County].
Wisconsin
Washington County
This Cedar Creek is located in Washington County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Creek that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cedar Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Creek ...
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 Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Creek and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Creek to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,684 miles [7,538.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Cedar Creek) 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 Creek 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 Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Creek 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 Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7788, Longitude: -78.8053 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.046 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.287 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.538 degrees.