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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 Greenview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenview 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 Greenview:
    • 33.189008, -87.599452
    • 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 Greenview
  • 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 Tuscaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tuscaloosa County
    • Since Greenview is near Hale County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Greenview

Communities Also Named Greenview ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Greenview.

Within Alabama, the name Greenview is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • This Greenview is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Greenview.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Greenview is located in Kent County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Greenview.
    • Illinois
      • Menard County
      • This Greenview is located in Menard County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Greenview.
    • Indiana
      • Allen 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 Indiana community of Greenview [Allen County].
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • This Greenview is located in Polk County and lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Greenview.
    • Missouri
      • Pulaski County
      • This Greenview is located in Pulaski County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Greenview.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery 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 Ohio community of Greenview [Montgomery County].
    • Ontario
      • This Greenview lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Greenview is located in Berks County and lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Greenview.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland 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 South Carolina community of Greenview [Richland County].
    • Texas
      • Hopkins County
      • This Greenview is located in Hopkins County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the west of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Greenview.
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • This Greenview is located in Boone County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenview that is located in Tuscaloosa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Greenview.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenview ...

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.

  • Dearing Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dearing Place is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearing Place
  • Fairlawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fairlawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
  • Fernridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fernridge is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernridge
  • Gardendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gardendale is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Green Valley is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hays Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hays Court is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Court
  • Lincoln Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Meadow Lawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Lawn is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lawn
  • Rosedale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rosedale is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Rosedale Courts
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Rosedale Courts is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Courts
  • Royal Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Royal Pines is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Pines
  • Snow Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Snow Terrace is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Terrace
  • Twin Manor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Twin Manor is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Manor

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

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

  • Tuscaloosa, which is the Seat of Tuscaloosa County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenview to Montgomery, 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 6 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 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,310 miles [11,764.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Greenview) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Greenview 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 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 Greenview 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 Greenview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1890, Longitude: -87.5995       In this case, the coordinates for Greenview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.135 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.773 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.685 degrees.