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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 Rolling Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Meadows 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 Rolling Meadows:
    • 32.415428, -94.809936
    • 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 Rolling Meadows
  • 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 Gregg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg County
    • Since Rolling Meadows is near Rusk County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Rolling Meadows

Communities Also Named Rolling Meadows ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Rolling Meadows.

Within Texas, the name Rolling Meadows is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Madison County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Alberta
      • This Rolling Meadows lies 1,737 miles [2,795.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Kent County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Hillsborough County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Clayton County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Rolling Meadows.
      • Richmond County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Richmond County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km] to the east of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Cook County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Rolling Meadows.
      • McDonough 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 Illinois community of Rolling Meadows [McDonough County].
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Hinds County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Ulster County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Pitt County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Putnam County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Rolling Meadows.
      • Williamson County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Williamson County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km] to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,106 miles [1,779.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Stafford County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Rolling Meadows.
    • West Virginia
      • Putnam County
      • This Rolling Meadows is located in Putnam County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Meadows that is located in Gregg County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Rolling Meadows.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Meadows ...

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.

  • Chalk Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Chalk Hill is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Hill
  • Craig
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Craig is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
  • Cross Roads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cross Roads is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Danville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Danville is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Elderville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elderville is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderville
  • Gum Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gum Springs is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Jacobs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jacobs is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
  • Liberty City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Liberty City is located in Gregg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
  • Longview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Longview Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Longview Heights is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
  • Red Level
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Level is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Level

How Far From Rolling Meadows to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Rolling Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Longview, which is the Seat of Gregg County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Rolling Meadows to Austin, with an average speed<4>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 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,656 miles [12,321.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,532 miles [8,902.9 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- Rolling Meadows) 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 Rolling Meadows 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 Rolling Meadows 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 Rolling Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4154, Longitude: -94.8099       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.585 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.849 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.826 degrees.