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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:
    • 30.830003, -90.669759
    • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Saint Helena Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Helena Parish
    • Since Greensburg is near Tangipahoa Parish and also East Feliciana Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tangipahoa Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Feliciana 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 Greensburg

Communities Also Named Greensburg ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Greensburg.

Within Louisiana, the name Greensburg is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, 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 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Greensburg.
    • Kansas
      • Kiowa County
      • This Greensburg is located in Kiowa County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Greensburg.
    • Kentucky
      • Green County
      • This Greensburg is located in Green County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green County community of Greensburg.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Greensburg is located in Washington County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • 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 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the north of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • 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 parish.
      • 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 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • 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 parish.
      • 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 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • 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 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greensburg that is located in Saint Helena Parish.
      • 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.

  • Bluff Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Creek is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
  • Day
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Day is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
  • Georgeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
  • Gillsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Gillsburg is located in Amite County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
  • Gullett
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gullett is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullett
  • Hatchersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hatchersville is located in East Feliciana Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchersville
  • Jack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jack is located in Saint Helena Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack
  • Kentwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Liverpool
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Liverpool is located in Saint Helena Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
  • Mitchell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mitchell is located in Tangipahoa Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Roseland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Greensburg to ...

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 town 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:

  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Greensburg to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,553 miles [12,155.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,429 miles [8,737.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- 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 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 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 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.
<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: 30.8300, Longitude: -90.6698       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 315.785 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.37 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.323 degrees.