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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 Meeker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meeker 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 Meeker:
    • 39.466191, -80.787882
    • 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 Meeker
  • 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 Meeker is near Wetzel County and also Doddridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge 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 Meeker

Communities Also Named Meeker ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Meeker.

Within West Virginia, the name Meeker is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Garfield 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 Colorado community of Meeker [Garfield County].
      • Rio Blanco County
      • This Meeker is located in Rio Blanco County and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<2> to the west of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Blanco County community of Meeker.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Meeker is located in Rapides Parish and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Meeker.
    • Ohio
      • Darke 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 Ohio community of Meeker [Darke County].
      • Marion County
      • This Meeker is located in Marion County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Meeker.
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • This Meeker is located in Lincoln County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Meeker.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Meeker is located in Luzerne County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Meeker.
    • Texas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Meeker is located in Jefferson County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Meeker.
    • Washington
      • Pierce County
      • This Meeker is located in Pierce County and lies 2,124 miles [3,418.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Meeker.
      • Whitman 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 Washington community of Meeker [Whitman County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Washington County
      • This Meeker is located in Washington County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Meeker that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Meeker.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Meeker ...

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.

  • Big Moses
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Big Moses is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
  • Blue
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
  • Centerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • King
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • King is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Link
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Link is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
  • Little Pittsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Pittsburg is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pittsburg
  • Lonetree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lonetree is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
  • Stringtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stringtown is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Sunnyside
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Meeker to ...

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

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

  • Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Meeker to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 204 miles [328.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Meeker 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' (or 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- Meeker) 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 Meeker 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 Meeker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4662, Longitude: -80.7879       In this case, the coordinates for Meeker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.116 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.057 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.123 degrees.