RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Maryland >> Washington County >> Long Meadow >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Maryland

The Commemorative Quarter for Maryland





Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Long Meadow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Meadow 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 Long Meadow:
    • 39.686206, -77.712215
    • 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 Long Meadow
  • 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 Long Meadow ...

We found two communities that share the name Long Meadow.

There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Long Meadow.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Long Meadow in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll 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 Maryland community of Long Meadow [Carroll County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • DuPage 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 Illinois community of Long Meadow [DuPage County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Meadow ...

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.

  • Cedar Lawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn
    • Cedar Lawn is located in Washington County
  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Clearview is located in Washington County
  • Countryside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
    • Countryside is located in Washington County
  • Fiddlesburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fiddlesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlesburg
    • Fiddlesburg is located in Washington County
  • Fountain Head
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Head have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
    • Fountain Head is located in Washington County
  • Gardenspot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenspot have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenspot
    • Gardenspot is located in Washington County
  • Hunter Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
    • Hunter Hill is located in Washington County
  • Mason and Dixon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason and Dixon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason and Dixon
    • Mason and Dixon is located in Franklin County (PA)
  • Orchard Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • Orchard Hills is located in Washington County
  • Paramount
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paramount have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount
    • Paramount is located in Washington County
  • Security
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Security have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Security
    • Security is located in Washington County
  • Spring Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Washington County
  • Terrace Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Hills
    • Terrace Hills is located in Washington County
  • Wood Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Point
    • Wood Point is located in Washington County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Long Meadow and extending to:

  • Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Long Meadow to Annapolis, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 65 miles [104.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/

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 Long Meadow 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>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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Long Meadow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Meadow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6862, Longitude: -77.7122       In this case, the coordinates for Long Meadow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Long Meadow 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 308.241 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.96 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.698 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024