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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 Meadow Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadow Mills 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 Meadow Mills:
    • 39.023164, -78.305836
    • 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 Meadow Mills
  • 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Since Meadow Mills is near Shenandoah County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Meadow Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadow Mills ...

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.

  • Cedarville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Fawcett Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
  • Gravel Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
  • Hill and Dale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill and Dale is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
  • Lake Frederick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lake Frederick is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Frederick
  • Mineral Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Mount Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Hope is located in Shenandoah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Mountain Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
  • Poplar Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Poplar Ridge is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
  • Reliance
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Reliance is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
  • River View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • River View is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
  • Royal Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Royal Village is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Village
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Success
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Success is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Toms Brook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Tulip
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Tulip is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
    • Waterlick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Waterlick is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
    • Wheatfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wheatfield is located in Shenandoah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Meadow Mills and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Meadow Mills to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,654 miles [10,708.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Meadow Mills) 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 Meadow Mills 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 Meadow Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0232, Longitude: -78.3058       In this case, the coordinates for Meadow Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.635 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.305 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.204 degrees.