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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:
    • 40.822044, -74.448765
    • 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Since Cedar Knolls is near Essex County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 New Jersey, the name Cedar Knolls is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, 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 York
      • Westchester County
      • This Cedar Knolls is located in Westchester County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Cedar Knolls.
    • North Carolina
      • Stanly County
      • This Cedar Knolls is located in Stanly County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Cedar Knolls.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Cedar Knolls is located in Prince William County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Morris 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.

  • Birch Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Birch Hills is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hills
  • Floral Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Floral Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill
  • Fox Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fox Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Franklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Green Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Green Village is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
  • Hickory Tree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Tree is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Tree
  • Lake Arrowhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
  • Littleton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Littleton is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
  • Mount Freedom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mount Freedom is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Freedom
  • Pleasantville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasantville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Powerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Powerville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville
  • Rosedale Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosedale Village is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village
  • Union Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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:

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Knolls to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 190 miles [305.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,292 miles [6,907.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 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 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 40.8220, Longitude: -74.4488       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 306.195 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.821 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.808 degrees.