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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 Greenbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenbrook 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 Greenbrook:
    • 32.424599, -93.751846
    • 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 Greenbrook
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Caddo Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caddo Parish
    • Since Greenbrook is near Bossier Parish and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bossier Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
  • 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 Greenbrook

Communities Also Named Greenbrook ...

We found four communities that are also named Greenbrook.

Within Louisiana, the name Greenbrook is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Contra Costa 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 California community of Greenbrook [Contra Costa County].
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Greenbrook is located in Cobb County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbrook that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Greenbrook.
    • Mississippi
      • Madison County
      • This Greenbrook is located in Madison County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the east of the Greenbrook that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Greenbrook.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Greenbrook is located in Bucks County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenbrook that is located in Caddo Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Greenbrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbrook ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cut-off Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cut-off Junction is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cut-off Junction
  • Cynthia Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cynthia Park is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia Park
  • Deep Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Woods is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Woods
  • Forest Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Oak is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oak
  • Hickory Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Place is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Place
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Hill is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • King Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • King Forest is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Forest
  • Live Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Live Oak is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
  • Lucas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucas is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
  • Silver Pine Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
  • Summer Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
  • University Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • University Park is located in Caddo Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park

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

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

  • Shreveport, which is the Seat of Caddo Parish, lies just to the North.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenbrook to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,611 miles [12,248.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Greenbrook 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 parish. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenbrook) 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 Greenbrook 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 Greenbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4246, Longitude: -93.7518       In this case, the coordinates for Greenbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.901 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.05 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.368 degrees.