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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 Meadowfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadowfield 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 Meadowfield:
    • 33.962378, -80.964535
    • 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 Meadowfield
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Meadowfield is near Lexington County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lexington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Meadowfield

Communities Also Named Meadowfield ...

We found two communities that are also named Meadowfield.

Within South Carolina, the name Meadowfield is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Hancock 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 Tennessee community of Meadowfield [Hancock County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • This Meadowfield is located in Patrick County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the north of the Meadowfield that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Meadowfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadowfield ...

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.

  • Arthurtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Arthurtown is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
  • Childs
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Childs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Dominion Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dominion Hills is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion Hills
  • Galaxy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Galaxy is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galaxy
  • Gordon Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Gordon Springs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Springs
  • Gregg Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gregg Park is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Park
  • Heathwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Heathwood is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathwood
  • Heritage Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Independents
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Independents is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independents
  • Mountain Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Brook is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Brook
  • Rosewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosewood is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Starlite
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Starlite is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starlite
  • Yorkshire
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Yorkshire is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

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

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

  • Columbia, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the northwest (NW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Meadowfield to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Meadowfield 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' (or 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- Meadowfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Meadowfield 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 Meadowfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9624, Longitude: -80.9645       In this case, the coordinates for Meadowfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.282 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.44 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.916 degrees.