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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 Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Fork 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 Fork:
    • 35.684241, -84.532432
    • 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 Fork
  • 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 Loudon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
    • Since Cedar Fork is near Roane County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Fork

Communities Also Named Cedar Fork ...

We found five communities that are also named Cedar Fork.

Within Tennessee, the name Cedar Fork is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke 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 Alabama community of Cedar Fork [Clarke County].
    • Missouri
      • Franklin 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 Missouri community of Cedar Fork [Franklin County].
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin County
      • This Cedar Fork is located in Duplin County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the east of the Cedar Fork that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duplin County community of Cedar Fork.
    • Ohio
      • Pike County
      • This Cedar Fork is located in Pike County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Cedar Fork that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Cedar Fork.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Cedar Fork is located in Caroline County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Cedar Fork that is located in Loudon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Cedar Fork.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Fork ...

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.

  • Erie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Erie is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Old Sweetwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Old Sweetwater is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sweetwater
  • Pattie Gap ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pattie Gap is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattie Gap
  • Pond Creek Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pond Creek Ferry is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek Ferry
  • Ponders
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ponders is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponders
  • Prospect
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Prospect is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Regret ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Regret is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regret
  • Riddles Store
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Riddles Store is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddles Store
  • Surprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Surprise is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
  • Sweetwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ten Mile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Union Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Union Grove is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove

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

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

  • Loudon, which is the Seat of Loudon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Fork to Loudon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,942 miles [7,953.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Fork 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cedar Fork 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 Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6842, Longitude: -84.5324       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.406 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.126 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.861 degrees.