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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 Vista, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Vista 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 Vista:
    • 39.381778, -75.712987
    • 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 Vista
  • 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Meadow Vista is near Cecil County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Vista

Communities Also Named Meadow Vista ...

We found two communities that are also named Meadow Vista.

Within Delaware, the name Meadow Vista is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This Meadow Vista is located in Placer County and lies 2,398 miles [3,859.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Meadow Vista that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Meadow Vista.
    • New Mexico
      • Dona Ana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Meadow Vista [Dona Ana County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Vista ...

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.

  • Blackbird
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
  • Blackbird Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Blackbird Landing is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird Landing
  • Evergreen Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Evergreen Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
  • Forest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Gander Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gander Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gander Hill
  • Green Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Spring is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Green Spring Farm
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Spring Farm is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Farm
  • Pine Tree Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Tree Corners is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Corners
  • Point Breeze
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Point Breeze is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
  • Sassafras
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sassafras is located in Kent County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
  • Sycamore Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sycamore Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Farms
  • Tent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tent is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent

How Far From Meadow Vista to ...

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 Meadow Vista to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Meadow Vista to Wilmington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 78 miles [125.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Meadow Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Vista 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.
<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 Vista 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 Vista. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3818, Longitude: -75.7130       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Vista have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.075 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.589 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.965 degrees.