Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Meadville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Meadville
- 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 Meadville:
- 38.545101, -80.858435
- 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 Meadville
- 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 Braxton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Braxton County
- Since Meadville is near Nicholas County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Meadville ...
We found nine communities that share the name Meadville.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Meadville.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
- This Meadville is located in Crawford County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the north of the Meadville that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Meadville.
- Lancaster County
- This Meadville is located in Lancaster County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km] to the east northeast of the Meadville that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Meadville.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meadville ...
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.
- Birch River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch River
- Birch River is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch River <3>
- Duck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Frame Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frame Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Knob
- Frame Knob is located in Clay County
- Frametown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Groves
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Ira
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Middle Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Run
- Middle Run is located in Braxton County
- Shadyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Strange Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twistville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
How Far From Meadville 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 Meadville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<6> community of Meadville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Meadville and extending to:
- Sutton, which is the Seat of Braxton County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Meadville to Sutton, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,073 miles [9,773.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,786 miles [10,921 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Meadville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Meadville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5451, Longitude: -80.8584 In this case, the coordinates for Meadville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Meadville 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> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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 Meadville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Meadville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.188 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.002 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.466 degrees. |