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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 Mead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mead and the surrounding area.
- 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 Mead:
- 47.766489, -117.355261
- 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 Mead
- 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 Spokane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spokane County
- Since Mead is near Kootenai County and also Stevens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kootenai County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stevens 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 Mead
Communities Also Named Mead ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Mead.
Within Washington, the name Mead is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saint Francis 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 Mead [Saint Francis County].
- California
- Shasta 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 California community of Mead [Shasta County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- This Mead is located in Weld County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mead that is located in Spokane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Mead.
- Georgia
- Bibb 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 Georgia community of Mead [Bibb County].
- Illinois
- Williamson 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 Illinois community of Mead [Williamson County].
- Indiana
- Brown 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 Indiana community of Mead [Brown County].
- Louisiana
- Grant Parish
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mead [Grant Parish].
- Nebraska
- Saunders County
- This Mead is located in Saunders County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Mead that is located in Spokane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saunders County community of Mead.
- Ohio
- Williams County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Williams County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Mead.
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Mead is located in Bryan County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mead that is located in Spokane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Mead.
- Ontario
- This Mead lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mead that is located in Spokane County.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- This Mead is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,939 miles [3,120.5 km]<2> to the east of the Mead that is located in Spokane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Mead.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mead ...
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.
- Buckeye
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dishman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dishman is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman
- Green Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hillyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Irwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Opportunity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orchard Park is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Orchard Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Prairie is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Prairie
- Seven Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seven Mile is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
How Far From Mead 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 community such as Mead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mead and extending to:
- Spokane, which is the Seat of Spokane County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Mead to Olympia, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,446 miles [11,983.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,521 miles [8,885.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mead 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mead 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 Mead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7665, Longitude: -117.3553 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.793 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.713 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.505 degrees. |
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