RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New York >> Albany County >> Cedar Hill >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
New York

The Commemorative Quarter for New York





Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cedar Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Hill 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 Hill:
    • 42.544525, -73.773455
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cedar Hill
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cedar Hill ...

We found 35 communities that share the name Cedar Hill.

Within New York, the name Cedar Hill is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Fayette County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Fayette County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Limestone County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Limestone County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cedar Hill [Howard County].
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Cedar Hill [New Haven County].
    • Georgia
      • Barrow County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Barrow County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barrow County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Dade County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Dade County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Gwinnett County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cedar Hill [Gwinnett County].
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Cecil County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Norfolk County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Madison County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Madison County and lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Yazoo County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cedar Hill [Yazoo County].
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Cedar Hill.
    • New Mexico
      • San Juan County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Cedar Hill.
      • San Miguel County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in San Miguel County and lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km] to the west of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Cedar Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Anson County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Anson County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anson County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Brunswick County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Brunswick County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km] to the south southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Orange County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Orange County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Surry County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Surry County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Wake County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Wake County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km] to the south southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Fairfield County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Ontario
      • This Cedar Hill lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mifflin County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Mifflin County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Cedar Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in McCormick County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCormick County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Greene County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Hamilton County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Putnam County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Putnam County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Robertson County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Robertson County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Texas
      • Coke County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Coke County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coke County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Dallas County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Dallas County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Floyd County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Floyd County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km] to the west southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Cedar Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Frederick County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Lee County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Lee County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Cedar Hill.
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Cedar Hill is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the southwest of the Cedar Hill that is located in Albany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Cedar Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Hill ...

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.

  • Beaver Dam
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
  • Best
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Best is located in Rensselaer County
  • Deans Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
    • Deans Mill is located in Greene County
  • Luther
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
  • Normansville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normansville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
    • Normansville is located in Albany County
  • Poolsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poolsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolsburg
    • Poolsburg is located in Columbia County
  • Spawn Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spawn Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spawn Hollow
    • Spawn Hollow is located in Albany County
  • Stony Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
    • Stony Hill is located in Albany County
  • Stony Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
  • Unionville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Albany County
  • Van Allen Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Allen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park
    • Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County

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

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

  • Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the North.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Hill to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,199 miles [6,757.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Cedar Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5445, Longitude: -73.7735       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Hill 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.59 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.419 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.714 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024