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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 Look, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Look 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 Look:
    • 38.802581, -82.242648
    • 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 Look
  • 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 Gallia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
    • Since Meadow Look is near Mason County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Look

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Look ...

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.

  • Evans Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Evans Heights is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Heights
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Green Acres is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hedgewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hedgewood is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgewood
  • Hideaway Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Lawnview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawnview is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnview
  • Mapleshade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mapleshade is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleshade
  • Orchard Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Orchard Hill is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Spring Valley is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Willow Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Willow Woods is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods

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

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

  • Gallipolis, which is the Seat of Gallia County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Meadow Look to Columbus, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,118 miles [9,846 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,835 miles [10,999.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,710 miles [7,580 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Meadow Look) 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 Look 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 Look. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8026, Longitude: -82.2426       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Look have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.026 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.996 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.984 degrees.