RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of California >> Plumas County >> Meadow Valley >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Meadow Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Valley 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 Valley:
    • 39.925180, -121.070104
    • 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 Valley
  • 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 Plumas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Plumas County
    • Since Meadow Valley is near Sierra County and also Butte County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sierra County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butte 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 Valley

Communities Also Named Meadow Valley ...

We found two communities that are also named Meadow Valley.

Within California, the name Meadow Valley is unique.

Beyond California, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Meadow Valley is located in Salt Lake County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the east of the Meadow Valley that is located in Plumas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Meadow Valley.
    • Wisconsin
      • Juneau County
      • This Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County and lies 1,598 miles [2,571.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Meadow Valley that is located in Plumas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of Meadow Valley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Valley ...

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.

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

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

  • Quincy, which is the Seat of Plumas County, lies just to the East.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Meadow Valley to Sacramento, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,326 miles [3,743.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 133 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 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 8,017 miles [12,902.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Meadow Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Meadow Valley 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 Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9252, Longitude: -121.0701    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.287 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.165 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.315 degrees.