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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Lake 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 Lake:
    • 34.801444, -106.543633
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Meadow Lake
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Meadow Lake ...

We found seven communities that share the name Meadow Lake.

Within New Mexico, the name Meadow Lake is unique.

Beyond New Mexico, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Meadow Lake is located in Mobile County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the east of the Meadow Lake that is located in Valencia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Meadow Lake.
    • California
      • Nevada County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Meadow Lake [Nevada County].
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Meadow Lake is located in Jefferson County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Meadow Lake that is located in Valencia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Meadow Lake.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Meadow Lake lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<1> to the north of the Meadow Lake that is located in Valencia County.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Meadow Lake is located in Richland County and lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<1> to the east of the Meadow Lake that is located in Valencia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Meadow Lake.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • Although located in Guadalupe County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Meadow Lake.
    • Washington
      • Spokane County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Meadow Lake [Spokane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Lake ...

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.

  • Comanche Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Springs
    • Comanche Springs is located in Valencia County
  • Five Points
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
    • Five Points is located in Bernalillo County
  • Glover Place
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glover Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover Place
    • Glover Place is located in Torrance County
  • King Place
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Place
    • King Place is located in Torrance County
  • Martinez Town
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Town
    • Martinez Town is located in Bernalillo County
  • Mission Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Park
    • Mission Park is located in Valencia County
  • Moorehead Place
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorehead Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorehead Place
    • Moorehead Place is located in Torrance County
  • Mountainview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountainview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
    • Mountainview is located in Bernalillo County
  • Pine Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
    • Pine Springs is located in Torrance County
  • Ponderosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
    • Ponderosa is located in Bernalillo County
  • Thunderbird
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thunderbird have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thunderbird
    • Thunderbird is located in Torrance County

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

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

  • Los Lunas, which is the Seat of Valencia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Meadow Lake to Los Lunas, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,647 miles [2,650.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,964 miles [12,816.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,878 miles [9,459.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Meadow Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Valencia County: www.co.valencia.nm.us/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/

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 Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meadow Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8014, Longitude: -106.5436       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Meadow Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Meadow Lake 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Meadow Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.12 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.218 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.206 degrees.




 

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