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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 Ceredo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ceredo and the surrounding area.
- 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 Ceredo:
- 38.396517, -82.558728
- 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 Ceredo
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Ceredo is near Lawrence County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Ceredo
Communities Also Named Ceredo ...
We found two communities that are also named Ceredo.
Within West Virginia, the name Ceredo is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Stevens 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 Kansas community of Ceredo [Stevens County].
- Kentucky
- Ballard County
- This Ceredo is located in Ballard County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ceredo that is located in Wayne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Ceredo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ceredo ...
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 Sandy Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Sandy Junction is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Junction
- Buffalo Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenroy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glenroy is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lockdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lockdale is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockdale
- Meadow Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Haven is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Haven
- Neal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neal is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Sulphur Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sweet Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Run is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Run
- Walnut Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Park is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Park
- Willowvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willowvale is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowvale
How Far From Ceredo 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 city such as Ceredo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ceredo and extending to:
- Wayne, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ceredo to Wayne, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 50 miles [80.5 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 most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,741 miles [7,629.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 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 Ceredo 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ceredo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ceredo 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 Ceredo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3965, Longitude: -82.5587 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.226 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.25 degrees. |
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