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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 Brook Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Brook Village 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 Brook Village:
    • 35.674577, -81.382587
    • 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 Meadow Brook Village
  • 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 Catawba County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Catawba County
    • Since Meadow Brook Village is near Burke County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Meadow Brook Village

Communities Also Named Meadow Brook Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Meadow Brook Village.

Within North Carolina, the name Meadow Brook Village is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Meadow Brook Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Meadow Brook Village that is located in Catawba County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Meadow Brook Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Brook Village ...

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.

  • Advent Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Advent Crossroads is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Crossroads
  • Drowning Creek ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Drowning Creek is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drowning Creek
  • Fairbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fairbrook is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
  • Fairgrove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fairgrove is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgrove
  • Henry River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Henry River is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry River
  • Hickory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,473 people
  • Long View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Long View is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
  • Mountain View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mountain View is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Penelope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Penelope is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
  • Plateau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Plateau is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
  • Startown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Startown is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startown
  • Sweetwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweetwater is located in Catawba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater

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

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

  • Newton, which is the Seat of Catawba County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Meadow Brook Village to Newton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meadow Brook Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Brook Village 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 Meadow Brook Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6746, Longitude: -81.3826       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Brook Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.536 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.978 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.584 degrees.