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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 View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar View 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 View:
    • 37.613743, -75.875766
    • 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 View
  • 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 Accomack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
    • Since Cedar View is near Northampton County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 View

Communities Also Named Cedar View ...

We found three communities that are also named Cedar View.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Cedar View.

Beyond Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Sussex 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 Virginia community of Cedar View [Sussex County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Floyd 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 Iowa community of Cedar View [Floyd County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lowndes County
      • This Cedar View is located in Lowndes County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cedar View that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Cedar View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar View ...

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.

  • Bacon Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bacon Hill is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
  • Bobtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bobtown is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
  • Boston
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Boston is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Cats Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cats Bridge is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Bridge
  • Clearview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Clearview is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Coal Kiln Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coal Kiln Crossing is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Kiln Crossing
  • Crockett Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crockett Town is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Town
  • Little Hell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Hell is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hell
  • Mappsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mappsburg is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mappsburg
  • Middlesex
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Middlesex is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
  • Old Neck Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Neck Landing is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Neck Landing
  • Painter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pennyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pennyville is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyville
    • Pleasant Cove Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
    • Red Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Hill is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Savage Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Savage Town is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Town
    • Shields
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Shields is located in Accomack County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields

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

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

  • Accomac, which is the Seat of Accomack County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar View to Accomac, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 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 View 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar View) 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 View 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 View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6137, Longitude: -75.8758       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.296 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.566 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.734 degrees.