Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Meadows Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadows Terrace and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Meadows Terrace

• 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 Meadows Terrace:
  • 40.242332, -74.601545
  • 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 Meadows Terrace

• 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since Meadows Terrace is near Monmouth County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Meadows Terrace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadows Terrace ...

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.

• Clarksville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Clarksville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
• Dutch Neck
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Dutch Neck is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck
• Edinburg
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Edinburg is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
• Golden Crest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
• Grovers Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Grovers Mill is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovers Mill
• Hickory Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Corner is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
• Locust Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Locust Corner is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corner
• Pages Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
• Post Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Post Corner is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Corner
• Quaker Gardens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Quaker Gardens is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gardens
• Robbinsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
• Spring Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Meadows Terrace and extending to:

• Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the west (W).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Meadows Terrace to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,320 miles [6,952.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'