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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 Meriden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meriden and the surrounding area.
- 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 Meriden:
- 44.074129, -93.386883
- 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 Meriden
- 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 Steele County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steele County
- Since Meriden is near Waseca County and also Rice County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waseca County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rice 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 Meriden
Communities Also Named Meriden ...
We found nine communities that are also named Meriden.
Within Minnesota, the name Meriden is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- This Meriden is located in New Haven County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the east of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Meriden.
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- This Meriden is located in La Salle County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Meriden.
- Iowa
- Cherokee County
- This Meriden is located in Cherokee County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Meriden.
- Kansas
- Jefferson County
- This Meriden is located in Jefferson County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Meriden.
- Nebraska
- Dawson 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 Nebraska community of Meriden [Dawson County].
- New Hampshire
- Sullivan County
- This Meriden is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the east of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Meriden.
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- This Meriden is located in Morris County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the east of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Meriden.
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Meriden is located in Barbour County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Meriden.
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- This Meriden is located in Laramie County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Meriden that is located in Steele County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Meriden.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meriden ...
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.
- Bath
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bath is located in Freeborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Bixby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bixby is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixby
- Colony Court
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Colony Court is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Court
- Ellendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elysian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Havana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Havana is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Janesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Elysian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Elysian is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Elysian
- Prairieville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prairieville is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Rice Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rice Lake is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- River Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Point is located in Steele County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
- Rogers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in Le Sueur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vista is located in Waseca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
How Far From Meriden 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 Meriden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meriden and extending to:
- Owatonna, which is the Seat of Steele County, lies just to the East.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Meriden to Saint Paul, 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 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,931 miles [7,935.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Meriden) 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 Meriden 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 Meriden 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 Meriden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0741, Longitude: -93.3869 In this case, the coordinates for Meriden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.376 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.131 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.941 degrees. |
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