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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 Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Knolls 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 Knolls:
    • 35.399586, -80.185056
    • 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 Knolls
  • 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 Stanly County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stanly County
    • Since Cedar Knolls is near Montgomery County and also Davidson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Davidson 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 Knolls

Communities Also Named Cedar Knolls ...

We found four communities that are also named Cedar Knolls.

Within North Carolina, the name Cedar Knolls is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Cedar Knolls [Litchfield County].
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Cedar Knolls is located in Morris County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Cedar Knolls.
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Cedar Knolls is located in Westchester County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Cedar Knolls.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Cedar Knolls is located in Prince William County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Stanly County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Cedar Knolls.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Knolls ...

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.

  • Cedar Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
  • Centurion Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Centurion Park is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centurion Park
  • Forest Drive
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Forest Drive is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Drive
  • Greenwood Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenwood Park is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Park
  • Halls Ferry Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Halls Ferry Junction is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Ferry Junction
  • Heathwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heathwood is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Palestine
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Palestine is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Plyer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Plyer is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
  • Springhaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Springhaven is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhaven

How Far From Cedar Knolls to ...

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 Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Albemarle, which is the Seat of Stanly County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Knolls to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 297 miles [478 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,762 miles [7,663.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Knolls 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.
<2>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 Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Knolls 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 Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3996, Longitude: -80.1851       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.842 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.143 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.195 degrees.