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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 Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Knolls and the surrounding area.
- 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 Knolls:
- 38.776504, -77.553601
- 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 Knolls
- 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 Prince William County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince William County
- Since Cedar Knolls is near Fairfax County and also Manassas City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manassas City
- 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 Knolls
Communities Also Named Cedar Knolls ...
We found four communities that are also named Cedar Knolls.
Within Virginia, the name Cedar Knolls is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Litchfield 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 Connecticut community of Cedar Knolls [Litchfield County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- This Cedar Knolls is located in Morris County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Prince William County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Cedar Knolls.
- New York
- Westchester County
- This Cedar Knolls is located in Westchester County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Prince William County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Cedar Knolls.
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- This Cedar Knolls is located in Stanly County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Cedar Knolls that is located in Prince William County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Cedar Knolls.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Knolls ...
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.
- Bloom Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloom Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Hill
- Bull Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bull Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Park is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
- Clover Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Country Scene
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Country Scene is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Scene
- Coverstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coverstone is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coverstone
- Greenwich
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenwich is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Haymarket
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Square is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Square
- Iron Gate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Iron Gate is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Longview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocky Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Run is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Run
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Oaks is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Woodlawn Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
- Yorkshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Yorkshire Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire Park is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Park
- Yorkshire Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yorkshire Village is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire Village
How Far From Cedar Knolls 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 Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Knolls and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Knolls to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Knolls 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Knolls) 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 Knolls 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 Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7765, Longitude: -77.5536 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.775 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.977 degrees. |
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