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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 View:
41.693157, -71.386999
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We found eight communities that share the name Meadow View.
Within Rhode Island, the name Meadow View is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Newton County
This Meadow View is located in Newton County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meadow View that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Meadow View.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Meadow View is located in Carroll County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Meadow View that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Meadow View.
North Carolina
Iredell County
This Meadow View is located in Iredell County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meadow View that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Meadow View.
Oregon
Lane 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 Oregon community of Meadow View [Lane County].
South Carolina
Kershaw County
This Meadow View is located in Kershaw County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Meadow View that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kershaw County community of Meadow View.
Tennessee
Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Meadow View [Hamilton County].
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Meadow View is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,092 miles [3,366.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Meadow View that is located in Kent County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Meadow View.
Virginia
Chesterfield 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 Meadow View [Chesterfield County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow View ...
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.
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 View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meadow View and extending to:
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Meadow View to Providence, with an average speed<4> 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 354 miles [569.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,543 miles [8,920.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,125 miles [6,638.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Meadow View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meadow View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6932, Longitude: -71.3870 In this case, the coordinates for Meadow View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 View 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>
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.
<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 Meadow View to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.268 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.788 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.054 degrees.