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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Lake 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 Lake:
    • 39.806944, -105.142222
    • 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 Lake
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Meadow Lake is near Adams County and also Denver County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Denver 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 Lake

Communities Also Named Meadow Lake ...

We found seven communities that are also named Meadow Lake.

Within Colorado, the name Meadow Lake is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meadow Lake that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Meadow Lake.
    • California
      • Nevada County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Meadow Lake [Nevada County].
    • New Mexico
      • Valencia County
      • This Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Meadow Lake that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valencia County community of Meadow Lake.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Meadow Lake lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the north of the Meadow Lake that is located in Jefferson County.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Meadow Lake is located in Richland County and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<1> to the east of the Meadow Lake that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Meadow Lake.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • Although located in Guadalupe County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Meadow Lake.
    • Washington
      • Spokane County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Meadow Lake [Spokane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Lake ...

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.

  • Apple Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Apple Meadows is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Meadows
  • Candlelight
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Candlelight is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
  • Daniels Garden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Daniels Garden is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Garden
  • Green Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hackberry Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hackberry Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry Hills
  • Lake Arbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Arbor is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arbor
  • Lakecrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lakecrest is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecrest
  • Lakeview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Paramount Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Paramount Heights is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount Heights
  • Park Slope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Park Slope is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
  • Rainbow Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Rainbow Ridge is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Ridge
  • Rolling Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Scenic Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Scenic Heights is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Heights
    • Spring Mesa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Mesa is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mesa
    • Sunstream
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunstream is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunstream
    • Wildwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wood Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wood Run is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Run

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

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

  • Golden, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Meadow Lake to Denver, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,495 miles [2,406 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 59 days and walking would take 85 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 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 7,636 miles [12,289 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,567 miles [8,959.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meadow Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Meadow Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Meadow Lake 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.
<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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8069, Longitude: -105.1422       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.651 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.191 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.047 degrees.