Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Green Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Grove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Green Grove
- 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 Green Grove:
- 29.634135, -82.267602
- 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 Green Grove
- 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 Alachua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Since Green Grove is near Marion County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Green Grove ...
We found ten communities that share the name Green Grove.
Within Florida, the name Green Grove is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison 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 Alabama community of Green Grove [Madison County].
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Green Grove is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Green Grove.
- Kentucky
- Cumberland County
- This Green Grove is located in Cumberland County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Green Grove.
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- This Green Grove is located in Coahoma County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Green Grove.
- Missouri
- Adair 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 Missouri community of Green Grove [Adair County].
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Green Grove is located in Monmouth County and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Green Grove.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Green Grove is located in Centre County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Green Grove.
- Lackawanna County
- This Green Grove is located in Lackawanna County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km] to the north northeast of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Green Grove.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Green Grove is located in Charleston County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Green Grove.
- Tennessee
- Macon County
- This Green Grove is located in Macon County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Green Grove that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Green Grove.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Grove ...
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.
- Clinch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Grove Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Grove Park is located in Alachua County
- John H McIntosh Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John H McIntosh Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John H McIntosh Grant
- John H McIntosh Grant is located in Alachua County
- Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Riceland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Robinson Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
- Robinson Heights is located in Alachua County
- Robinswood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinswood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
- Robinswood is located in Alachua County
- Rocky Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Alachua County
- Ruthland
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Suburban Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suburban Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
- Suburban Heights is located in Alachua County
How Far From Green Grove 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 Green Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Green Grove and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Green Grove to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 705 miles [1,134.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,211 miles [11,605 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Green Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Alachua County: www.alachua-county.org/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Green Grove 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Green Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Green Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6341, Longitude: -82.2676 In this case, the coordinates for Green Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Green Grove, 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 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 Green Grove 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 310.844 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.475 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.469 degrees. |