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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 Greenhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenhill 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 Greenhill:
- 34.759257, -86.602493
- 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 Greenhill
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Greenhill is near Limestone County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Greenhill
Communities Also Named Greenhill ...
We found five communities that are also named Greenhill.
Within Alabama, the name Greenhill is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Somerset County
- This Greenhill is located in Somerset County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenhill that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Greenhill.
- New Brunswick
- This Greenhill lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenhill that is located in Madison County.
- North Carolina
- Haywood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Greenhill [Haywood County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Greenhill lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenhill that is located in Madison County.
- Tennessee
- Jefferson County
- This Greenhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenhill that is located in Madison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Greenhill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenhill ...
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.
- Cavalry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cavalry Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavalry Hill
- Cherokee Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
- Cherry Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Darwin Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin Downs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin Downs
- Glen Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glen Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grove Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hillandale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillandale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Huntsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lincoln
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Meadow Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Hills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
- Normal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Scenic View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Scenic View is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
- Shady Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shady Lane is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Stag Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stag Run is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Run
- Summit Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Place
- Terry Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Terry Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Heights
- Union Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park
- University Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- University Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Valley Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Valley Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
How Far From Greenhill 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 Greenhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenhill and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the South.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Greenhill to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Greenhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Greenhill 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Greenhill 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 Greenhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7593, Longitude: -86.6025 In this case, the coordinates for Greenhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.625 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.40 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.942 degrees. |
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