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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 Meadowood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadowood 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 Meadowood:
    • 40.842009, -79.893944
    • 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 Meadowood
  • 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
    • Since Meadowood is near Armstrong County and also Allegheny County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegheny 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 Meadowood

Communities Also Named Meadowood ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Meadowood.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Meadowood is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marshall County
      • This Meadowood is located in Marshall County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Meadowood.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe County
      • This Meadowood is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<1> to the west of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Meadowood.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Meadowood is located in New Castle County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Meadowood.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Meadowood is located in Hall County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Meadowood.
    • Indiana
      • Elkhart County
      • 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 Indiana community of Meadowood [Elkhart County].
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Meadowood [Marion County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Meadowood is located in Harford County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Meadowood.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Meadowood is located in Montgomery County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the southeast of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Meadowood.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Meadowood is located in Cleveland County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Meadowood.
      • Rockingham County
      • This Meadowood is located in Rockingham County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Meadowood.
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This Meadowood is located in Mahoning County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Meadowood.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Meadowood is located in Blount County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meadowood that is located in Butler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Meadowood.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • 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 Virginia community of Meadowood [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadowood ...

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.

  • Bonnie Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
  • Butler
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Carbon Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carbon Center is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
  • Great Belt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Great Belt is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Belt
  • Greenwood Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood Village is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
  • Herman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Highfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Highfield is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
  • Meridian
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Meridian is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
  • Mount Chestnut
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Chestnut is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Chestnut
  • Nixon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixon is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Rockdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rockdale is located in Butler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale

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

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

  • Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the North.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Meadowood to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,932 miles [9,546.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Meadowood) 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 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 Meadowood 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 Meadowood 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 Meadowood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8420, Longitude: -79.8939       In this case, the coordinates for Meadowood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.502 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.569 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.23 degrees.