Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greenwich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwich and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greenwich
- 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 Greenwich:
- 41.026502, -73.628610
- 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 Greenwich
- 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since Greenwich is near Westchester County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- eBird sighting report for Nassau 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Greenwich ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Greenwich.
Within Connecticut, the name Greenwich is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Hampshire County
- This Greenwich is located in Hampshire County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Greenwich.
- Worcester County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Greenwich [Worcester County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- This Greenwich lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Fairfield County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- This Greenwich is located in Cambria County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the west of the Greenwich that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Greenwich.
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Greenwich [Philadelphia County].
- Prince Edward Island
- This Greenwich lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Fairfield County.
- Rhode Island
- Utah
- Virginia
- Prince William County
- This Greenwich is located in Prince William County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greenwich that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Greenwich.
- Virginia Beach City
- This Greenwich is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the south southwest of the Greenwich that is located in Fairfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Greenwich.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwich ...
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.
- Belltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Dolphin Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolphin Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin Cove
- Dolphin Cove is located in Fairfield County
- Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Glenville is located in Fairfield County
- Greenhaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
- Greenhaven is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Mianus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Purchase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase
- Purchase is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purchase <5>
- Purdys Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdys Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdys Grove
- Purdys Grove is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Riverbank
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Rock Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Rock Ridge is located in Fairfield County
- Sunset Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Turn of River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turn of River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn of River
- Turn of River is located in Fairfield County
How Far From Greenwich 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 Greenwich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenwich and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenwich to Hartford, with an average speed<6>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 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,248 miles [6,836.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Greenwich: www.greenwichct.org/
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.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 Greenwich 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwich) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0265, Longitude: -73.6286 |
| <3> | 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 Greenwich, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Greenwich to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.684 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.277 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.357 degrees. |