Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Greenlea, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenlea and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Greenlea

• 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 Greenlea:
  • 33.463448, -84.457704
  • 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 Greenlea

• 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Since Greenlea is near Clayton County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Greenlea

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenlea ...

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.

• Cottonwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
• Deep Forest
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Deep Forest is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Forest
• Gamma
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Gamma is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamma
• Ginger Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Ginger Hills is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Hills
• Graves Way
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Graves Way is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Way
• Heritage Farms
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Heritage Farms is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
• Hickory Acres
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hickory Acres is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
• Kingswood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kingswood is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
• Ledgewood
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ledgewood is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
• Marion
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Marion is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
• Ponderosa
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Ponderosa is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
• Quail Hollow
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Quail Hollow is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greenlea and extending to:

• Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South.
• Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Greenlea to Atlanta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,157 miles [11,518.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'