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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 Greensburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greensburg 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 Greensburg:
    • 37.604085, -99.292857
    • 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 Greensburg
  • 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 Kiowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kiowa County
    • Since Greensburg is near Edwards County and also Pratt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edwards County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pratt 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 Greensburg

Communities Also Named Greensburg ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Greensburg.

Within Kansas, the name Greensburg is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Decatur County
      • This Greensburg is located in Decatur County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Greensburg.
    • Kentucky
      • Green County
      • This Greensburg is located in Green County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the east of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green County community of Greensburg.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Helena Parish
      • This Greensburg is located in Saint Helena Parish and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Helena Parish community of Greensburg.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Greensburg is located in Washington County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greensburg.
    • Missouri
      • Knox County
      • This Greensburg is located in Knox County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Greensburg.
    • Ohio
      • Richland County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Richland County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Greensburg.
      • Summit County
      • This Greensburg is located in Summit County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Greensburg.
      • Trumbull 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 Ohio community of Greensburg [Trumbull County].
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This community is historic and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Greensburg.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Greensburg is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Greensburg.
    • West Virginia
      • Berkeley County
      • This Greensburg is located in Berkeley County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Kiowa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Greensburg.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greensburg ...

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.

  • Centerview
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Coats
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Coats is located in Pratt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
  • Coldwater
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Ford
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Hopewell ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopewell is located in Pratt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Joy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Joy is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Kingsdown
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kingsdown is located in Ford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdown
  • Lewis
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Springvale
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Springvale is located in Pratt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
    • Springvale has also been known as:
    • Springdale
  • Sun City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Greensburg to Topeka, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,564 miles [12,173.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,461 miles [8,788.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Greensburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Greensburg, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Greensburg 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 Greensburg 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 Greensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6041, Longitude: -99.2929       In this case, the coordinates for Greensburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.189 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.716 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.25 degrees.