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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Park 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 Park:
    • 41.162835, -80.643131
    • 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 Park
  • 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 Trumbull County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trumbull County
    • Since Cedar Park is near Mahoning County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Park

Communities Also Named Cedar Park ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cedar Park.

Within Ohio, the name Cedar Park is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Cedar Park is located in Madison County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cedar Park.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel 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 Park [Anne Arundel County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Cedar Park.
    • Quebec
      • This Cedar Park lies 451 miles [725.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
    • Texas
      • Williamson County
      • This Cedar Park is located in Williamson County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cedar Park.
    • Virginia
      • Danville City
      • This Cedar Park is located in Danville City and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Cedar Park.
      • Hampton City
      • This Cedar Park is located in Hampton City and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the southeast of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Cedar Park.
      • Prince William County
      • This Cedar Park is located in Prince William County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the southeast of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Cedar Park.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Cedar Park is located in King County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Cedar Park.
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Cedar Park is located in Racine County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cedar Park that is located in Trumbull County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Cedar Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Park ...

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 Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedar Corners is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Corners
  • Coalburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Coalburg is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
  • Crab Creek Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Crab Creek Junction is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Creek Junction
  • Fourmile Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fourmile Run is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Run
  • Geography Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Geography Hall is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geography Hall
  • Hakes Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hakes Corners is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hakes Corners
  • Halls Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Halls Corners is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
  • Hells Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Hells Corners is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hells Corners
  • Hilltop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hilltop is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Kansas Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kansas Corners is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Corners
  • Maplewood Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Maplewood Park is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Park
  • Scienceville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Scienceville is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scienceville
  • Sodom
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sodom is located in Trumbull County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
  • Thorn Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Thorn Hill is located in Mahoning County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill

How Far From Cedar Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Warren, which is the Seat of Trumbull County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Park to Warren, 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.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,670 miles [10,734.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,546 miles [7,316.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Park) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Park 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>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 Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1628, Longitude: -80.6431       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.952 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.127 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.456 degrees.