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 Cedarhurst:
47.482042, -122.479296
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 Cedarhurst.
Within Washington, the name Cedarhurst is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Cedarhurst is located in Fairfield County and lies 2,421 miles [3,896.2 km]<1> to the east of the Cedarhurst that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Cedarhurst.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Cedarhurst is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,355 miles [3,790 km]<1> to the east of the Cedarhurst that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Cedarhurst.
Carroll County
This Cedarhurst is located in Carroll County and lies 2,314 miles [3,724 km] to the east of the Cedarhurst that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cedarhurst.
Nevada
Lincoln County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cedarhurst [Lincoln County].
New York
Nassau County
This Cedarhurst is located in Nassau County and lies 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cedarhurst that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Cedarhurst.
North Carolina
Onslow County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cedarhurst [Onslow County].
Ohio
Franklin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cedarhurst [Franklin County].
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cedarhurst.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cedarhurst [Allegheny County].
Wisconsin
Clark County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cedarhurst [Clark County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedarhurst ...
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.
Conifer Park (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conifer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Cedarhurst to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedarhurst and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedarhurst to Seattle, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 2,327 miles [3,744.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,545 miles [12,142.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,670 miles [9,125 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedarhurst) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedarhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4820, Longitude: -122.4793 In this case, the coordinates for Cedarhurst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Cedarhurst, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cedarhurst 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.
<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 Cedarhurst 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 340.99 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.557 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.865 degrees.