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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 Greenland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenland 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 Greenland:
    • 35.994450, -94.178333
    • 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 Greenland
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Greenland is near Madison County and also Benton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Benton 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 Greenland

Communities Also Named Greenland ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Greenland.

Within Arkansas, the name Greenland is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Greenland is located in Douglas County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Greenland.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Greenland is located in Duval County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Greenland.
    • Illinois
      • Fayette 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 Illinois community of Greenland [Fayette County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Greenland lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the north of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • This Greenland is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Greenland.
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • This Greenland is located in Ontonagon County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Greenland.
    • Minnesota
      • Le Sueur County
      • This Greenland is located in Le Sueur County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the north of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Sueur County community of Greenland.
    • Mississippi
      • Newton County
      • This Greenland is located in Newton County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Greenland.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Greenland is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Greenland.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Greenland is located in Camden County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Greenland.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Greenland.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Greenland lies 1,608 miles [2,587.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Greenland is located in Ross County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Greenland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Greenland is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Greenland.
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Greenland [Barnwell County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Greenland is located in Hawkins County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the east of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Greenland.
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • This Greenland is located in Grant County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenland that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Greenland.
      • Wood County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Greenland [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenland ...

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.

  • Barbara ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Barbara is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbara
  • Black Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Black Oak is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
  • Carter ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Carter is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Harris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hicks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hicks is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
  • Hogeye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hogeye is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogeye
  • Prairie Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Starks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Starks is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
  • Strain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Strain is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
  • Sulphur City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sulphur City is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
  • Walnut Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenland to Little Rock, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,455 miles [11,997.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,336 miles [8,587.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Greenland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Greenland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Greenland 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Greenland 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 Greenland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9945, Longitude: -94.1783    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.536 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.255 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.023 degrees.