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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 Mountain Meadow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountain Meadow 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 Mountain Meadow:
- 34.329758, -111.011241
- 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 Mountain Meadow
- 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 Gila County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gila County
- Since Mountain Meadow is near Coconino County and also Navajo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coconino County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo 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 Mountain Meadow
Communities Also Named Mountain Meadow ...
We found one communities that are also named Mountain Meadow.
Within Arizona, the name Mountain Meadow is unique.
Beyond Arizona, there is another community also named Mountain Meadow in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay 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 Alabama community of Mountain Meadow [Clay County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountain Meadow ...
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.
- Bear Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Flat is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Flat
- Forest Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter Creek Ranch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hunter Creek Ranch is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Creek Ranch
- Mule Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mule Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Crossing
- Sleepy Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Star Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Star Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
- Star Valley has also been known as:
- Diamond Star
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star Valley <2>
- Sun Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sun Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Tonto Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tonto Village is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonto Village
- Turkey Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turkey Crossing is located in Coconino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Crossing
- Whispering Pines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Whispering Pines is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Wonder Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wonder Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Valley
- Young
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Mountain Meadow to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mountain Meadow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mountain Meadow and extending to:
- Globe, which is the Seat of Gila County, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mountain Meadow to Globe, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,898 miles [3,054.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 108 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,364 miles [11,851.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,129 miles [13,082.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Mountain Meadow 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mountain Meadow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mountain Meadow 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 Mountain Meadow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3298, Longitude: -111.0112 In this case, the coordinates for Mountain Meadow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.17 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.586 degrees. |
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