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 Greenland:
30.171908, -81.544810
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.
We found eighteen communities that share the name Greenland.
Within Florida, the name Greenland is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Washington County
This Greenland is located in Washington County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greenland.
Colorado
Douglas County
This Greenland is located in Douglas County and lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Greenland.
Illinois
Fayette County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Greenland [Fayette County].
Manitoba
This Greenland lies 1,559 miles [2,509 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
Maryland
Wicomico County
This Greenland is located in Wicomico County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Greenland.
Michigan
Ontonagon County
This Greenland is located in Ontonagon County and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Greenland.
Minnesota
Le Sueur County
This Greenland is located in Le Sueur County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Sueur County community of Greenland.
Mississippi
Newton County
This Greenland is located in Newton County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Greenland.
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This Greenland is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,066 miles [1,715.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Greenland.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Greenland is located in Camden County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Greenland.
Newfoundland and Labrador
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Greenland.
Nova Scotia
This Greenland lies 1,320 miles [2,124.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
Ohio
Ross County
This Greenland is located in Ross County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the north of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Greenland.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Greenland is located in Lancaster County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Greenland.
South Carolina
Barnwell County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenland [Barnwell County].
Tennessee
Hawkins County
This Greenland is located in Hawkins County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Greenland.
West Virginia
Grant County
This Greenland is located in Grant County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the north of the Greenland that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Greenland.
Wood County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Greenland [Wood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenland ...
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.
Clarksville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Greenland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenland and extending to:
Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenland to Jacksonville, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,047 miles [8,122.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Greenland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1719, Longitude: -81.5448 In this case, the coordinates for Greenland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Greenland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Greenland 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.
<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 Greenland 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 310.483 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.134 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.103 degrees.