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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 Meadowview Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadowview Park 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 Meadowview Park:
    • 39.661778, -75.801048
    • 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 Meadowview Park
  • 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 Meadowview Park 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 Meadowview Park

Communities Also Named Meadowview Park ...

We found two communities that are also named Meadowview Park.

Within Maryland, the name Meadowview Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Meadowview Park is located in Bossier Parish and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Meadowview Park that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Meadowview Park.
    • Texas
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Meadowview Park [Bexar County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadowview Park ...

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.

  • Bank ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bank is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
  • Boot Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Boot Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boot Hill
  • Cherry Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cherry Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cherry Wood is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Wood
  • College Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Cottage Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cottage Mill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mill
  • Covered Bridge Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Covered Bridge Farms is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge Farms
  • Elk Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Foxfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Foxfield is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Greenridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Greenridge is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
    • Hillcrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hillcrest is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hunting Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Iron Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Iron Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
    • Meadowview
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Meadowview is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
    • Summit View
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Summit View is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit View

How Far From Meadowview Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Meadowview Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meadowview Park 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 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Meadowview Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 84 miles [135.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,518 miles [10,489.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,395 miles [7,073.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Meadowview Park) 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 Meadowview Park 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Meadowview Park 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 Meadowview Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6618, Longitude: -75.8010       In this case, the coordinates for Meadowview Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.105 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.667 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.887 degrees.