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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:
    • 37.961805, -77.548040
    • 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Since Cedar Fork is near Hanover County and also Spotsylvania County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania 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 Virginia, the name Cedar Fork is unique.

Beyond Virginia, 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 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the south of the Cedar Fork that is located in Caroline 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 321 miles [516.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Cedar Fork that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Cedar Fork.
    • Tennessee
      • Loudon County
      • This Cedar Fork is located in Loudon County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cedar Fork that is located in Caroline County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudon 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.

  • Bagdad
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bagdad is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Beaverdam
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Chilesburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chilesburg is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilesburg
  • Coatesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coatesville is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Holliday
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Holliday is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Houstons Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Houstons Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstons Corner
  • Ladysmith
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ladysmith is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
  • McDuff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • McDuff is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDuff
  • Oliver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oliver is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Swans Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Swans Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans Corner

How Far From Cedar Fork 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 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:

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Fork to Bowling Green, 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.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 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 '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 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: 37.9618, Longitude: -77.5480       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 308.243 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.697 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.279 degrees.