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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Cedar Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Valley 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 Valley:
    • 37.129849, -80.545335
    • 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 Valley
  • 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 Valley ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Cedar Valley.

Within Virginia, the name Cedar Valley is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Madison County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Georgia
      • Carroll County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Carroll County and lies 363 miles [584.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cedar Valley.
      • DeKalb County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in DeKalb County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Cedar Valley.
      • Polk 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 Georgia community of Cedar Valley [Polk County].
      • Whitfield County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Whitfield County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitfield County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Iowa
      • Cedar County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Cedar County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Missouri
      • Butler County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Butler County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Cedar Valley.
      • Taney County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cedar Valley [Taney County].
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Caldwell County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Ohio
      • Wayne County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Wayne County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the north northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Logan County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cedar Valley.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Sullivan County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Bell County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Cedar Valley.
      • Travis County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Travis County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Cedar Valley.
    • Utah
      • Utah 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 Utah community of Cedar Valley [Utah County].
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • This Cedar Valley is located in Snohomish County and lies 2,219 miles [3,571.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Cedar Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Valley ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Montgomery County
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
    • College Park is located in Radford City
  • Fairlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
    • Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Radford City
  • Haven Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haven Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Heights
    • Haven Heights is located in Radford City
  • Hickory Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Hickory Hills is located in Radford City
  • Pepper
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper
    • Pepper is located in Montgomery County
  • Peppers Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peppers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers Ferry
    • Peppers Ferry is located in Montgomery County
  • Willow Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
    • Willow Woods is located in Radford City

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

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

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Valley to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,706 miles [7,573.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cedar Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1298, Longitude: -80.5453       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Valley 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 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 Valley 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>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 Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Valley 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 310.032 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.614 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.797 degrees.




 

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