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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 Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Beach 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 Beach:
    • 44.291719, -73.302904
    • 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 Beach
  • 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 Beach ...

We found nine communities that share the name Cedar Beach.

Within Vermont, the name Cedar Beach is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Cedar Beach is located in New Haven County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Cedar Beach.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko 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 Indiana community of Cedar Beach [Kosciusko County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Cedar Beach is located in Baltimore County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Cedar Beach.
      • Calvert County
      • This Cedar Beach is located in Calvert County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km] to the south southwest of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Cedar Beach.
    • Minnesota
      • Olmsted County
      • This Cedar Beach is located in Olmsted County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Olmsted County community of Cedar Beach.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth 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 New Jersey community of Cedar Beach [Monmouth County].
      • Ocean County
      • This Cedar Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Cedar Beach.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Cedar Beach is located in Suffolk County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the south of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Cedar Beach.
    • Ontario
      • This Cedar Beach lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the west of the Cedar Beach that is located in Chittenden County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Beach ...

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.

  • Charlotte
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Craterclub
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craterclub
    • Craterclub is located in Essex County (NY)
  • Crowningshield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowningshield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowningshield
    • Crowningshield is located in Essex County (NY)
  • Deerhead
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
    • Deerhead is located in Essex County (NY)
  • Mechanicsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Mechanicsville is located in Chittenden County
  • Queen City Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queen City Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City Park
    • Queen City Park is located in Chittenden County
  • Redstone Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redstone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone Park
    • Redstone Park is located in Chittenden County
  • Rock Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Landing
    • Rock Landing is located in Addison County
  • Rockville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Addison County
  • Twin Orchards
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Orchards have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Orchards
    • Twin Orchards is located in Chittenden County

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

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

  • Burlington, which is the Seat of Chittenden County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Beach to Burlington, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,521 miles [8,885.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,116 miles [6,624.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Cedar Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2917, Longitude: -73.3029       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Beach 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 Beach 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Beach 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 305.064 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.118 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.636 degrees.









 

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