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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 Grand Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand Meadows 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 Grand Meadows:
    • 39.718167, -75.800215
    • 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 Grand Meadows
  • 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Grand Meadows is near New Castle County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Grand Meadows

Communities Also Named Grand Meadows ...

We found one communities that are also named Grand Meadows.

Within Maryland, the name Grand Meadows is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Grand Meadows in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Grand Meadows [Minnehaha County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Meadows ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cherry Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherry Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • College Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • College Park is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Corner Ketch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Corner Ketch is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
  • Covered Bridge Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Covered Bridge Farms is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge Farms
  • Foxcatcher at Fair Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Foxfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxfield is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Glen Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Glen Farms is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Farms
  • Great Good Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Great Good Place is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Good Place
  • Greenridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greenridge is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hillcrest is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Hunting Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Lewisville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Lewisville is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
    • Mechanicsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Mechanicsville is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Springlawn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Springlawn is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springlawn
    • Top of the Wedge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Top of the Wedge is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Wedge

How Far From Grand Meadows 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 Grand Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grand Meadows and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Grand Meadows to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,811 miles [9,351.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,393 miles [7,069.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 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 Grand Meadows 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Grand Meadows 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 Grand Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7182, Longitude: -75.8002       In this case, the coordinates for Grand Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.10 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.67 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.864 degrees.