Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Meadowlark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadowlark and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Meadowlark
- 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 Meadowlark:
- 36.165379, -82.857376
- 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 Meadowlark
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Meadowlark is near Hawkins County and also Cocke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hawkins County
- eBird sighting report for Cocke 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 Meadowlark ...
We found five communities that share the name Meadowlark.
Within Tennessee, the name Meadowlark is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Meadowlark [Pulaski County].
- Georgia
- Richmond County
- This Meadowlark is located in Richmond County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Meadowlark that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Meadowlark.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Meadowlark is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Meadowlark that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Meadowlark.
- Virginia
- Roanoke County
- This Meadowlark is located in Roanoke County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Meadowlark that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Meadowlark.
- Stafford County
- This Meadowlark is located in Stafford County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east northeast of the Meadowlark that is located in Greene County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Meadowlark.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadowlark ...
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.
- Cedar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Greene County
- Cherrydale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrydale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrydale
- Cherrydale is located in Greene County
- Derby ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in Greene County
- Greeneville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greeneville
- Greeneville is located in Greene County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,940 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greeneville <4>
- Hickory Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hickory Hills is located in Greene County
- Holly Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Hills is located in Greene County
- Honeys Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeys Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeys Hill
- Honeys Hill is located in Greene County
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Greene County
- Pinecrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Robinson Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Forest
- Robinson Forest is located in Greene County
- Rockwood Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hill
- Rockwood Hill is located in Greene County
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Windy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
- Windy Hills is located in Greene County
How Far From Meadowlark 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 Meadowlark to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Meadowlark and extending to:
- Greeneville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the East.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Meadowlark to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 370 miles [595.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,971 miles [11,218.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,848 miles [7,802.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Meadowlark. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 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 Meadowlark 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meadowlark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meadowlark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1654, Longitude: -82.8574 In this case, the coordinates for Meadowlark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Meadowlark to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.41 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.051 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.04 degrees. |