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 Country Meadows:
33.565873, -112.284602
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 Country Meadows
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 Maricopa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nine communities that are also named Country Meadows.
Within Arizona, the name Country Meadows is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Adams County
This Country Meadows is located in Adams County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Country Meadows.
Will County
This Country Meadows is located in Will County and lies 1,444 miles [2,323.9 km] to the east northeast of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Country Meadows.
Mississippi
Oktibbeha County
This Country Meadows is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<1> to the east of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Country Meadows.
New York
Genesee County
This Country Meadows is located in Genesee County and lies 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Country Meadows.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Country Meadows is located in Forsyth County and lies 1,823 miles [2,933.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Country Meadows.
Ohio
Wood County
This Country Meadows is located in Wood County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Country Meadows.
Utah
Davis County
This Country Meadows is located in Davis County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the north of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Country Meadows.
Salt Lake County
This Country Meadows is located in Salt Lake County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the north of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Country Meadows.
Weber County
This Country Meadows is located in Weber County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km] to the north of the Country Meadows that is located in Maricopa County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Country Meadows.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Meadows ...
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.
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 Country Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Meadows and extending to:
Phoenix, which is the Seat of Maricopa County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Country Meadows to Phoenix, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,984 miles [3,192.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 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 8,211 miles [13,214.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Country Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Country Meadows 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 Country Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5659, Longitude: -112.2846 In this case, the coordinates for Country Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.343 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.165 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.287 degrees.