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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 Greenbrae, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenbrae 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 Greenbrae:
- 37.947597, -122.525291
- 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 Greenbrae
- 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 Marin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
- Since Greenbrae is near Contra Costa County and also San Francisco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for San Francisco 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 Greenbrae
Communities Also Named Greenbrae ...
We found one communities that are also named Greenbrae.
Within California, the name Greenbrae is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Greenbrae in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
- Washoe 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 Nevada community of Greenbrae [Washoe County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbrae ...
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.
- Golf ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Golf is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf
- Harbor Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harbor Point is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Point
- Homestead Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Homestead Valley is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Valley
- Kent Woodlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kent Woodlands is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Woodlands
- Larkspur
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Little Reed Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Reed Heights is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Reed Heights
- Lucas Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lucas Valley is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Valley
- Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manor is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Meadowsweet
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadowsweet is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowsweet
- Paradise Cay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Reed is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Strawberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Strawberry is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waldo is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
How Far From Greenbrae 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 Greenbrae to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Greenbrae and extending to:
- San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies just to the North.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenbrae to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,435 miles [3,918.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,406 miles [11,918.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,172 miles [13,151.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 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 Greenbrae 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenbrae) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Greenbrae 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 Greenbrae. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9476, Longitude: -122.5253 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.294 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.232 degrees. |
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