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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 Greenberry Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenberry Crossroads and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Greenberry Crossroads
  • 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 Greenberry Crossroads:
    • 32.954027, -83.449613
    • 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 Greenberry Crossroads
  • 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Greenberry Crossroads is near Wilkinson County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkinson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Greenberry Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenberry Crossroads ...

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.

  • Bragg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bragg is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg
  • Coopers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Coopers is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
  • Fortville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fortville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortville
  • Gordon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordon is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <1>
  • Gray
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gray is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <1>
  • Groveland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Groveland is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
  • Haddock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • James
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • James is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Kings Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Park is located in Bibb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kings View
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Kings View is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings View
    • Lake Arrowhead
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Arrowhead is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
    • Mogul
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mogul is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogul
      • Estimated population in 2019: 400 people
    • Mountain Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Mountain Springs is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
    • Pine Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Whispering Pines
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greenberry Crossroads and extending to:

  • Gray, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Greenberry Crossroads to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>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 White House (Washington, DC) is 544 miles [875.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Greenberry Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Greenberry Crossroads 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 Greenberry Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9540, Longitude: -83.4496       In this case, the coordinates for Greenberry Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.675 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.898 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.118 degrees.