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 Greendale:
30.507134, -91.115384
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.
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 East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 22 communities that share the name Greendale.
Within Louisiana, the name Greendale is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Greendale lies 2,059 miles [3,313.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
California
Yolo County
This Greendale is located in Yolo County and lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yolo County community of Greendale.
Illinois
Winnebago County
This Greendale is located in Winnebago County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the north of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Greendale.
Indiana
Allen County
This Greendale is located in Allen County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Greendale.
Dearborn County
This Greendale is located in Dearborn County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the north northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Greendale.
Kentucky
Fayette County
This Greendale is located in Fayette County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Greendale.
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Greendale is located in Worcester County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Greendale.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Greendale is located in Saint Louis County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the north of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Greendale.
New Brunswick
This Greendale lies 1,689 miles [2,718.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
New York
Columbia County
This Greendale is located in Columbia County and lies 1,250 miles [2,011.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Greendale.
Ohio
Hocking County
This Greendale is located in Hocking County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Greendale.
Pennsylvania
Armstrong County
This Greendale is located in Armstrong County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Greendale.
Franklin County
This Greendale is located in Franklin County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km] to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Greendale.
McKean County
This Greendale is located in McKean County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km] to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Greendale.
Quebec
This Greendale lies 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Texas
Harris County
This Greendale is located in Harris County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Greendale.
Utah
Daggett County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Greendale [Daggett County].
Virginia
Henrico County
This Greendale is located in Henrico County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Greendale.
Washington County
This Greendale is located in Washington County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greendale.
Washington
Pierce County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Greendale [Pierce County].
West Virginia
Nicholas County
This Greendale is located in Nicholas County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Greendale.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
This Greendale is located in Milwaukee County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the north of the Greendale that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Greendale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greendale ...
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.
Airline Terrace (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airline Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greendale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greendale and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Greendale to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 56 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,587 miles [12,210.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,463 miles [8,791.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greendale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greendale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5071, Longitude: -91.1154 In this case, the coordinates for Greendale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Greendale 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.
<3>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Greendale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.021 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.601 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.546 degrees.