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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 Meadowvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadowvale 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 Meadowvale:
    • 41.359774, -83.641600
    • 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 Meadowvale
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Meadowvale is near Lucas County and also Sandusky County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sandusky 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 Meadowvale

Communities Also Named Meadowvale ...

We found six communities that are also named Meadowvale.

Within Ohio, the name Meadowvale is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Meadowvale is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the west of the Meadowvale that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Meadowvale.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Meadowvale is located in Harford County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meadowvale that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Meadowvale.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Meadowvale is located in Berkshire County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Meadowvale that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Meadowvale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Meadowvale.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Meadowvale.
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • This Meadowvale is located in Sumner County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Meadowvale that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Meadowvale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadowvale ...

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.

  • Bowling Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Christy
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Christy is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christy
  • Cloverdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cloverdale is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Ducat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ducat is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat
  • Portage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Portage is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Quail Hollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Hollow is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
  • Rudolph
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rudolph is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
  • Sugar Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Ridge is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Ridge
  • Wintergarden Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)

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

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

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Meadowvale to Columbus, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,786 miles [10,921 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,663 miles [7,504.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Meadowvale) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Meadowvale 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Meadowvale 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 Meadowvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3598, Longitude: -83.6416       In this case, the coordinates for Meadowvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.842 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.303 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.793 degrees.