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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 Greenwood Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwood 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 Greenwood Village:
    • 39.615358, -104.913080
    • 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 Greenwood Village
  • 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 Greenwood Village ...

We found six communities that share the name Greenwood Village.

Within Colorado, the name Greenwood Village is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer 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 New Jersey community of Greenwood Village [Mercer County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Greenwood Village is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,686 miles [2,713.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwood Village that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Greenwood Village.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Greenwood Village is located in Butler County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km]<2> to the east of the Greenwood Village that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Greenwood Village.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<2> to the east of the Greenwood Village that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Greenwood Village.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Greenwood Village is located in Harris County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Greenwood Village that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Greenwood Village.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Greenwood Village is located in Weber County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Greenwood Village that is located in Arapahoe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Greenwood Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwood 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.

  • Carriage Club
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carriage Club have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Club
    • Carriage Club is located in Douglas County
  • Centennial
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Cherry Knolls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Knolls
    • Cherry Knolls is located in Arapahoe County
  • Cherry Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Ridge
    • Cherry Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
  • Harbor Pointe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Pointe
    • Harbor Pointe is located in Arapahoe County
  • Heather Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Ridge
    • Heather Ridge is located in Arapahoe County
  • Heritage Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
    • Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County
  • Littleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Meadow Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hills
    • Meadow Hills is located in Arapahoe County
  • Meridian
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Meridian is located in Douglas County
  • Park Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadows
    • Park Meadows is located in Douglas County
  • Pheasant Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Pheasant Run is located in Arapahoe County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sundown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown
      • Sundown is located in Arapahoe County
    • University Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Hills
      • University Hills is located in Denver County
    • University Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
      • University Park is located in Denver County
    • Willow Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Willow Creek is located in Arapahoe County

How Far From Greenwood Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Greenwood Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Littleton, which is the Seat of Arapahoe County, lies just to the West.
  • Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Greenwood Village to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 85 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,640 miles [12,295.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Greenwood Village: www.greenwoodvillage.com/

The official website for Arapahoe County: www.co.arapahoe.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.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 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 Greenwood 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Greenwood Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwood Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6154, Longitude: -104.9131       In this case, the coordinates for Greenwood Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<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 Greenwood Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.462 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.948 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.943 degrees.




 

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