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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 Greenwich Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwich Village 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 Greenwich Village:
    • 34.181394, -118.864539
    • 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 Greenwich Village
  • 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 Ventura County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • eBird sighting report for Ventura County
    • Since Greenwich Village is near Los Angeles County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • eBird sighting report for Los Angeles 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 Greenwich Village ...

We found five communities that share the name Greenwich Village.

Within California, the name Greenwich Village is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Greenwich Village [Calcasieu Parish].
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire 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 Massachusetts community of Greenwich Village [Hampshire County].
      • Worcester County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Greenwich Village [Worcester County].
    • New York
      • New York County
      • This Greenwich Village is located in New York County and lies 2,472 miles [3,978.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Greenwich Village that is located in Ventura County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Greenwich Village.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery 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 Greenwich Village [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwich Village ...

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.

  • Hidden Hills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Leesdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
    • Leesdale is located in Ventura County
  • Leisure Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
    • Leisure Village is located in Ventura County
  • Malibu
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu
    • Malibu is located in Los Angeles County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malibu <4>
  • Malibu Bowl
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malibu Bowl have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Bowl
    • Malibu Bowl is located in Los Angeles County
  • Malibu Hills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malibu Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Hills
    • Malibu Hills is located in Los Angeles County
  • Malibu Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malibu Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Junction
    • Malibu Junction is located in Los Angeles County
  • Spanish Hills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Hills
    • Spanish Hills is located in Ventura County
  • Sycamore Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Cove
    • Sycamore Cove is located in Ventura County
  • Thousand Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)

How Far From Greenwich Village 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 Greenwich Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ventura, which is the Seat of Ventura County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenwich Village to Ventura, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 336 miles [540.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,573 miles [12,187.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,342 miles [13,425.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwich Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ventura County: www.countyofventura.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Greenwich Village 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>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 Greenwich Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwich Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwich Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1814, Longitude: -118.8645       In this case, the coordinates for Greenwich Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Greenwich Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.774 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.802 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.994 degrees.




 

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