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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 Greentop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greentop 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 Greentop:
- 38.853446, -75.418530
- 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 Greentop
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Greentop is near Kent County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Greentop
Communities Also Named Greentop ...
We found one communities that are also named Greentop.
Within Delaware, the name Greentop is unique.
Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Greentop in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Schuyler County
- This Greentop is located in Schuyler County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greentop that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Greentop.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greentop ...
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.
- Dogwood Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Meadows is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Meadows
- Ellendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Federalsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Federalsburg is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federalsburg
- Freeman Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Corner
- Holly Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holly Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Knotts Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Knotts Landing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
- Lincoln
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lincoln Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lynch Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lynch Heights is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Heights
- Robbins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Six Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Six Forks is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
- Stanley Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley Manor is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Manor
- Woods Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woods Haven is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven
How Far From Greentop 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 community such as Greentop to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greentop and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Greentop to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greentop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Greentop 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 Greentop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8534, Longitude: -75.4185 In this case, the coordinates for Greentop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.945 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.358 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.057 degrees. |
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