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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Greenbush:
    • 40.711984, -90.535409
    • 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 Greenbush
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Greenbush is near Fulton County and also Knox County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox 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 Greenbush

Communities Also Named Greenbush ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Greenbush.

Within Illinois, the name Greenbush is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Walker County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Greenbush [Walker County].
    • Iowa
      • Warren County
      • This Greenbush is located in Warren County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Greenbush.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Greenbush is located in Crawford County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Greenbush.
      • Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Greenbush [Leavenworth County].
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Greenbush is located in Penobscot County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Greenbush.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Greenbush is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Greenbush.
    • Michigan
      • Alcona County
      • This Greenbush is located in Alcona County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<2> to the northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alcona County community of Greenbush.
    • Minnesota
      • Roseau County
      • This Greenbush is located in Roseau County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roseau County community of Greenbush.
    • New York
      • Rensselaer 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 New York community of Greenbush [Rensselaer County].
      • Schoharie County
      • This Greenbush is located in Schoharie County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Greenbush.
    • Ohio
      • Brown County
      • This Greenbush is located in Brown County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Greenbush.
      • Preble County
      • This Greenbush is located in Preble County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km] to the east southeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preble County community of Greenbush.
    • Ontario
      • This Greenbush lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Greenbush lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Greenbush is located in Windsor County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Greenbush.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Greenbush is located in Accomack County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<2> to the east of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Greenbush.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sheboygan County
      • This Greenbush is located in Sheboygan County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Greenbush that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheboygan County community of Greenbush.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbush ...

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.

  • Good Hope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • London Mills
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Manley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Manley is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
  • New Philadelphia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • New Philadelphia is located in McDonough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Philadelphia
  • Pleasant Ridge ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Prairie City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairie City is located in McDonough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Swan Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Swan Creek is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Creek
  • Walnut Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Walnut Grove is located in McDonough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Greenbush to ...

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 Greenbush to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenbush and extending to:

  • Monmouth, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenbush to Monmouth, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,086 miles [11,403.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Greenbush, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenbush) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Greenbush 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Greenbush 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 Greenbush. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7120, Longitude: -90.5354       In this case, the coordinates for Greenbush have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.361 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.37 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.314 degrees.