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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 Greenough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenough and the surrounding area.
- 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 Greenough:
- 31.316570, -84.101570
- 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 Greenough
- 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 Mitchell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Since Greenough is near Colquitt County and also Dougherty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Colquitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dougherty 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 Greenough
Communities Also Named Greenough ...
We found three communities that are also named Greenough.
Within Georgia, the name Greenough is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Pike 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 Kentucky community of Greenough [Pike County].
- Montana
- Missoula County
- This Greenough is located in Missoula County and lies 1,887 miles [3,036.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Greenough that is located in Mitchell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of Greenough.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Greenough.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenough ...
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.
- Baconton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Doerun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Hartsfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hollands Folly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hollands Folly is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Folly
- Lester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lester is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Liberty Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Minnesota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Minnesota is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
- Pebble City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pebble City is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble City
- Petty ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Petty is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty
- Red Store Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- River Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- River Bend is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
- Rogerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rogerville is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerville
- Sale City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Terrace is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
How Far From Greenough 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 Greenough to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenough and extending to:
- Camilla, which is the Seat of Mitchell County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 169 miles [272 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Greenough to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Greenough 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenough) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Greenough 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 Greenough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3166, Longitude: -84.1016 In this case, the coordinates for Greenough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.962 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.002 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.739 degrees. |
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