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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 Meadville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadville 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 Meadville:
    • 42.759058, -99.849223
    • 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 Meadville
  • 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 Keya Paha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Keya Paha County
    • Since Meadville is near Brown County and also Tripp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tripp 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 Meadville

Communities Also Named Meadville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Meadville.

Within Nebraska, the name Meadville is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Meadville is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Meadville.
    • Michigan
      • Mason 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 Michigan community of Meadville [Mason County].
    • Mississippi
      • Franklin County
      • This Meadville is located in Franklin County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Meadville.
    • Missouri
      • Linn County
      • This Meadville is located in Linn County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Meadville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Meadville is located in Crawford County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the east of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Meadville.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Meadville is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,244 miles [2,002 km] to the east of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Meadville.
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This Meadville is located in Halifax County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Meadville.
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Meadville [Braxton County].
      • Tyler County
      • This Meadville is located in Tyler County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the east of the Meadville that is located in Keya Paha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Meadville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadville ...

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.

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

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

  • Springview, which is the Seat of Keya Paha County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Lincoln, which is the State Capital of Nebraska, lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Meadville to Lincoln, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,308 miles [11,761.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Meadville) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Meadville 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Meadville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Meadville 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 Meadville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7591, Longitude: -99.8492    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.96 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.228 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.729 degrees.