The Meadows, Florida

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Tampa. It is located about 41 miles [65 km] to the north of The Meadows and has a population of 303,447 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Saint Petersburg. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the north of The Meadows and has a population of 248,232 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bradenton	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	53,513	8.1% increase
	Clearwater	NW	46 mi [74 km]	105,774	2.77% decrease
	Gulfport	NW	30 mi [48.28 km]	12,327	1.6% decrease
	Largo	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	72,732	4.84% increase
	North Port	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	54,907	140.85% increase
	Oldsmar	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	13,401	12.52% increase
	Palmetto	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	14,284	13.63% increase
	Pinellas Park	NW	37 mi [59.5 km]	47,173	3.32% increase
	Plant City	NE	49 mi [78.9 km]	32,761	9.51% increase
	Punta Gorda	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	16,343	13.94% increase
	Safety Harbor	N	46 mi [74 km]	17,089	0.66% decrease
	Sarasota	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	52,340	0.71% decrease
	Seminole	NW	38 mi [61.2 km]	19,002	74.49% increase
	Temple Terrace	N	47 mi [75.6 km]	22,619	8.13% increase
	Venice	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	20,946	17.91% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Bayshore Gardens	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]
	Bee Ridge	S	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Desoto Lakes	NW	Less than 2 mi
	Fruitville	S	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Gulf Gate Estates	S	7 mi [11.27 km]
	Kensington Park	W	Less than 2 mi
	Lake Sarasota	S	5 mi [8.05 km]
	North Sarasota	W	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Ridge Wood Heights	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]
	Sarasota Springs	S	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Siesta Key	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]
	South Gate Ridge	S	5 mi [8.05 km]
	South Sarasota	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]
	Southgate	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]
	Whitfield	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]

Sarasota County

The Meadows is located in Sarasota County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sarasota: Charlotte, DeSoto and Manatee.

While not sharing a border with Sarasota, the counties of Hillsborough and Pinellas are close to The Meadows.

Below are counties that are near The Meadows (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to The Meadows:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From The Meadows
	Charlotte County	S	Manasota Key	30 miles [48 km]
	DeSoto County	E	Pine Level	30 miles [48 km]
	Hardee County	E	Lily	30 miles [48 km]
	Highlands County	N	Alpine	34 miles [54 km]
	Hillsborough County	N	Elizabeth Acres	20 miles [32 km]
	Manatee County	NW	Matoaka	4 miles [6 km]
	Pinellas County	NW	Fort De Soto	23 miles [37 km]
	Polk County	NE	Baird	38 miles [61 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Florida<3>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) The Meadows. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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