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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 Meadow Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Park 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 Meadow Park:
    • 37.422222, -122.107500
    • 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 Meadow Park
  • 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 Santa Clara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara County
    • Since Meadow Park is near San Mateo County and also Alameda County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Mateo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda 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 Meadow Park

Communities Also Named Meadow Park ...

We found nine communities that are also named Meadow Park.

Within California, the name Meadow Park is unique.

Beyond California, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Meadow Park [Pulaski County].
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • This Meadow Park is located in De Soto Parish and lies 1,648 miles [2,652.2 km]<2> to the east of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Meadow Park.
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Meadow Park is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km] to the east of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Meadow Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This Meadow Park is located in Lee County and lies 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km]<2> to the east of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Meadow Park.
    • North Dakota
      • Morton County
      • This Meadow Park is located in Morton County and lies 1,259 miles [2,026.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morton County community of Meadow Park.
    • Ontario
      • This Meadow Park lies 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Meadow Park is located in Anderson County and lies 2,199 miles [3,538.9 km]<2> to the east of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Meadow Park.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Meadow Park is located in Davis County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Meadow Park.
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Meadow Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km] to the east northeast of the Meadow Park that is located in Santa Clara County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Meadow Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Park ...

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.

  • Blossom Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blossom Valley is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Valley
  • Castro City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Castro City is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castro City
  • Crescent Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent Park is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
  • Evergreen Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen Park is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenmeadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greenmeadow is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmeadow
  • Mountain View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Neal
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Neal is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
  • Professorville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Professorville is located in Santa Clara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Professorville
  • Ravenswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ravenswood is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Vintage Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Vintage Oaks is located in San Mateo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Oaks

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

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

  • San Jose, which is the Seat of Santa Clara County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Meadow Park to San Jose, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 2,424 miles [3,901 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,432 miles [11,960.6 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 8,199 miles [13,195 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 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 Meadow Park 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 '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- Meadow Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Meadow Park 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 Meadow Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4222, Longitude: -122.1075       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.902 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.776 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.972 degrees.