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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 Meadville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meadville 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 Meadville:
    • 39.408787, -81.002780
    • 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 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Since Meadville is near Pleasants County and also Ritchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie 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 Meadville

Communities Also Named Meadville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Meadville.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Meadville.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Braxton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Meadville [Braxton County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Meadville is located in Montgomery County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Meadville that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Meadville.
    • Michigan
      • Mason County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Meadville [Mason County].
    • Mississippi
      • Franklin County
      • This Meadville is located in Franklin County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Meadville that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Meadville.
    • Missouri
      • Linn County
      • This Meadville is located in Linn County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the west of the Meadville that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Meadville.
    • Nebraska
      • Keya Paha County
      • This Meadville is located in Keya Paha County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Meadville that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keya Paha County community of Meadville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Meadville is located in Crawford County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Meadville that is located in Tyler 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 269 miles [432.9 km] to the east of the Meadville that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Meadville.
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • This Meadville is located in Halifax County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Meadville that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Meadville.

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.

  • Algeria ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Algeria is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
  • Bearsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bearsville is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsville
  • Everett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Everett is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Falls Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Falls Mills is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
  • Federal ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Federal is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Fern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fern is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
  • Hebron
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Little
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Little is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
  • Locke
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Locke is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
  • Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Plum Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Point Lookout
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Lookout is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sugar Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Twiggs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Twiggs is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs
    • Wasp
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wasp is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasp
    • Wick
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wick is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick

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, the straight-line distance beginning in Meadville and extending to:

  • Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Meadville to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,040 miles [9,720.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Meadville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 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.
<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 Meadville 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 Meadville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4088, Longitude: -81.0028    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.249 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.201 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.238 degrees.