Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Meridian, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meridian and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Meridian
- 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 Meridian:
- 35.465883, -99.964556
- 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 Meridian
- 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 Roger Mills County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Roger Mills County
- Since Meridian is near Beckham County and also Wheeler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Beckham County
- eBird sighting report for Wheeler 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Meridian ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Meridian.
There are three communities within Oklahoma that are also named Meridian.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Oklahoma ...
- Beaver County
- Logan County
- Stephens County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Colusa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Meridian [Colusa County].
- Kern County
- This Meridian is located in Kern County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km]<2> to the west of the Meridian that is located in Roger Mills County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Meridian.
- Santa Clara County
- This Meridian is located in Santa Clara County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km] to the west northwest of the Meridian that is located in Roger Mills County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Meridian.
- Sutter County
- This Meridian is located in Sutter County and lies 1,228 miles [1,976.3 km] to the west northwest of the Meridian that is located in Roger Mills County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Meridian.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Meridian [Gratiot County].
- Ingham County
- This Meridian is located in Ingham County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Meridian that is located in Roger Mills County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ingham County community of Meridian.
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- King County
- This Meridian is located in King County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Meridian that is located in Roger Mills County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Meridian.
- Pierce County
- This Meridian is located in Pierce County and lies 1,422 miles [2,288.5 km] to the northwest of the Meridian that is located in Roger Mills County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Meridian.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meridian ...
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.
- Berlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Berlin is located in Roger Mills County
- Cheyenne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
- Cheyenne is located in Roger Mills County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheyenne <4>
- Fuller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Gem
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Magic City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magic City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magic City
- Magic City is located in Wheeler County (TX)
- Rosehill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Shamrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Shamrock is located in Wheeler County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,720 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamrock <4>
- Strong City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strong City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
- Strong City is located in Roger Mills County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Sweetwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sweetwater is located in Beckham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweetwater <4>
- Twitty
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twitty
- Twitty is located in Wheeler County (TX)
How Far From Meridian 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 Meridian to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meridian and extending to:
- Cheyenne, which is the Seat of Roger Mills County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Meridian to Cheyenne, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,701 miles [12,393.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Meridian. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Meridian 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. |
| <2> | 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- Meridian) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meridian. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4659, Longitude: -99.9646 In this case, the coordinates for Meridian have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Meridian, 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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Meridian to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.439 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.753 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.845 degrees. |