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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 Cedardale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedardale 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 Cedardale:
    • 48.359270, -122.323767
    • 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 Cedardale
  • 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 Skagit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Skagit County
    • Since Cedardale is near Snohomish County and also Island County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Island 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 Cedardale

Communities Also Named Cedardale ...

We found five communities that are also named Cedardale.

Within Washington, the name Cedardale is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Cedardale lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cedardale that is located in Skagit County.
    • Michigan
      • Sanilac 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 Michigan community of Cedardale [Sanilac County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Woodward County
      • This Cedardale is located in Woodward County and lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cedardale that is located in Skagit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodward County community of Cedardale.
    • Ontario
      • This Cedardale lies 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km]<1> to the east of the Cedardale that is located in Skagit County.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Cedardale is located in Clackamas County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the south of the Cedardale that is located in Skagit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Cedardale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedardale ...

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.

  • Big Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
  • Chuckanut Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Chuckanut Junction is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Junction
  • Clear Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • English Boom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • English Boom is located in Island County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Boom
  • Fish Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fish Town is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Town
  • Florence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Florence is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Juniper Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Juniper Beach is located in Island County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
  • Milltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Milltown is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Norman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Norman is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Shelter Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Shelter Bay is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay
  • Terrys Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Terrys Corner is located in Island County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Corner

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

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

  • Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Skagit County, lies just to the North.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cedardale to Olympia, with an average speed<3>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,485 miles [12,045.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedardale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cedardale 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 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.
<4>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 Cedardale 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 Cedardale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3593, Longitude: -122.3238       In this case, the coordinates for Cedardale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.90 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.498 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.694 degrees.