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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 Park:
37.051257, -76.343555
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.
We found ten communities that share the name Cedar Park.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Cedar Park.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Danville City
This Cedar Park is located in Danville City and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Cedar Park.
Prince William County
This Cedar Park is located in Prince William County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Cedar Park.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Madison County
This Cedar Park is located in Madison County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cedar Park.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cedar Park [Anne Arundel County].
Ohio
Trumbull County
This Cedar Park is located in Trumbull County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Cedar Park.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
This Cedar Park is located in Philadelphia County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Cedar Park.
Quebec
This Cedar Park lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the north.
Texas
Williamson County
This Cedar Park is located in Williamson County and lies 1,308 miles [2,105 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Cedar Park.
Washington
King County
This Cedar Park is located in King County and lies 2,416 miles [3,888.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Cedar Park.
Wisconsin
Racine County
This Cedar Park is located in Racine County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Cedar Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Park ...
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.
Chapel Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Park and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,641 miles [10,687.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0513, Longitude: -76.3436 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Park 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 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 Park 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 . 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 Cedar Park 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 307.596 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.821 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.132 degrees.