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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 Greenview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenview 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 Greenview:
    • 39.118168, -75.524646
    • 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 Greenview
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since Greenview is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Greenview

Communities Also Named Greenview ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Greenview.

Within Delaware, the name Greenview is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Greenview is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Greenview.
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • This Greenview is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,468 miles [3,971.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Greenview.
    • Illinois
      • Menard County
      • This Greenview is located in Menard County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the west of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Greenview.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Greenview [Allen County].
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • This Greenview is located in Polk County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Greenview.
    • Missouri
      • Pulaski County
      • This Greenview is located in Pulaski County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<1> to the west of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Greenview.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Greenview [Montgomery County].
    • Ontario
      • This Greenview lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Greenview is located in Berks County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Greenview.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenview [Richland County].
    • Texas
      • Hopkins County
      • This Greenview is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Greenview.
    • West Virginia
      • Boone County
      • This Greenview is located in Boone County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the west of the Greenview that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Greenview.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenview ...

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.

  • Candlewicke
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Candlewicke is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
  • Crossgates
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Crossgates is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
  • Cypress Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • Derbywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Derbywood is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbywood
  • Dover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Eagle Heights is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
  • Eagles Nest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Forest Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Forest Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Landing
  • Hideaway Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Lincoln Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Meadow Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
  • Pleasant Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Rising Sun
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rising Sun is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Royal Grant
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Royal Grant is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
    • Schoolview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Schoolview is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolview
    • Shady Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Shady Lane is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Star Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Star Hill is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
    • Star Hill Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
    • Turnkey
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Turnkey is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnkey
    • Wyoming
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Wyoming Mills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Greenview to White House, 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Greenview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Greenview 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Greenview 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 Greenview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1182, Longitude: -75.5246       In this case, the coordinates for Greenview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.986 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.447 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.993 degrees.