Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cedardale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedardale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cedardale
- 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 Cedardale:
- 45.159012, -122.494808
- 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 Cedardale
- 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 Clackamas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clackamas County
- Since Cedardale is near Marion County and also Multnomah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- eBird sighting report for Multnomah 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cedardale ...
We found five communities that share the name Cedardale.
Within Oregon, the name Cedardale is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedardale ...
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.
- Dickey Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickey Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey Prairie
- Dickey Prairie is located in Clackamas County
- Dryland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Fallsview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Highland is located in Clackamas County
- Liberal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Liberal is located in Clackamas County
- Macksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Rural Dell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Dell
- Rural Dell is located in Clackamas County
- Shady Dell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
- Shady Dell is located in Clackamas County
- Timber Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Grove
- Timber Grove is located in Clackamas County
- Union Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Clackamas County
How Far From Cedardale 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 Cedardale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedardale and extending to:
- Oregon City, which is the Seat of Clackamas County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cedardale to Oregon City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,339 miles [3,764.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,698 miles [12,388.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedardale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clackamas County: www.co.clackamas.or.us/
The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedardale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedardale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1590, Longitude: -122.4948 In this case, the coordinates for Cedardale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Cedardale 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> | 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. |
| <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 Cedardale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.878 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.312 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.024 degrees. |