Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cedar Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Spring
- 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 Spring:
- 36.184230, -85.293303
- 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 Spring
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Cedar Spring is near Overton County and also White County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Overton County
- eBird sighting report for White 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 Cedar Spring ...
We found six communities that share the name Cedar Spring.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Cedar Spring.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Bradley County
- This Cedar Spring is located in Bradley County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cedar Spring that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Cedar Spring.
- Bradley County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Navajo County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Cedar Spring.
- Kentucky
- Edmonson County
- This Cedar Spring is located in Edmonson County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cedar Spring that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edmonson County community of Cedar Spring.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Cedar Spring is located in Harford County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cedar Spring that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cedar Spring.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Cedar Spring.
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Cedar Spring [Spartanburg County].
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Spring ...
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 Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Green Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Green Pond is located in Overton County
- Jeremiah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Lovejoy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Mineral Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Overton County
- Mountain Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
- Mountain Meadows is located in Putnam County
- Netherlands ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Netherlands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Netherlands is located in Overton County
- Pinhook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Rays
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Rocky Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Putnam County
- Sand Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Sand Springs is located in Putnam County
- Shady Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Putnam County
- Standingstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standingstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standingstone
- Standingstone is located in Putnam County
How Far From Cedar Spring 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 Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Spring and extending to:
- Cookeville, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Spring to Cookeville, with an average speed<5> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,363 miles [10,240.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,078 miles [11,390.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,953 miles [7,971.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Putnam County: www.putnamcountytn.gov/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 from Point A (ie- Cedar Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1842, Longitude: -85.2933 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Spring 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 Spring, 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 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 Cedar Spring 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 Spring 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 312.881 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.743 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.05 degrees. |