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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 View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow View 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 View:
    • 33.643170, -83.853516
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Meadow View
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Meadow View ...

We found eight communities that share the name Meadow View.

Within Georgia, the name Meadow View is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Meadow View is located in Carroll County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Meadow View that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Meadow View.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Meadow View is located in Iredell County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Meadow View that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Meadow View.
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Oregon community of Meadow View [Lane County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • This Meadow View is located in Kent County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Meadow View that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Meadow View.
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw County
      • This Meadow View is located in Kershaw County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the east of the Meadow View that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Meadow View.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Meadow View [Hamilton County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Meadow View is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Meadow View that is located in Newton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Meadow View.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Meadow View [Chesterfield County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow View ...

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.

  • Airport Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Grove
    • Airport Grove is located in Newton County
  • Cedar Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Newton County
  • Dialtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dialtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialtown
    • Dialtown is located in Newton County
  • Flint Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
    • Flint Hill is located in Newton County
  • Marble Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
    • Marble Valley is located in Newton County
  • Murphy Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
    • Murphy Hills is located in Newton County
  • River Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Cove
    • River Cove is located in Newton County
  • Riverbend
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverbend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend
    • Riverbend is located in Newton County
  • Settlers Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Settlers Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Grove
    • Settlers Grove is located in Newton County
  • Spring Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Newton County
  • Twin Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Twin Oaks is located in Newton County

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

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

  • Covington, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies just to the South.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Meadow View to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 524 miles [843.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,122 miles [11,461.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Meadow View. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Newton County: www.co.newton.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Meadow View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meadow View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6432, Longitude: -83.8535       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 View 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.936 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.297 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.104 degrees.









 

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