Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greenwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwood Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greenwood Park
- 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 Greenwood Park:
- 31.757108, -93.145999
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Greenwood Park
- 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 Natchitoches Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Natchitoches Parish
- Since Greenwood Park is near Winn Parish and also Grant Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Winn Parish
- eBird sighting report for Grant 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Greenwood Park ...
We found five communities that share the name Greenwood Park.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Greenwood Park.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Caddo Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Greenwood Park [Caddo Parish].
- Caddo Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Stanly County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwood Park that is located in Natchitoches Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Greenwood Park.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Charleston County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<2> to the east of the Greenwood Park that is located in Natchitoches Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Greenwood Park.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Greenwood Park that is located in Natchitoches Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Greenwood Park.
- Virginia
- Greensville County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Greensville County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwood Park that is located in Natchitoches Parish.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greensville County community of Greenwood Park.
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwood Park ...
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.
- Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Bermuda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Breedlove Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breedlove Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedlove Hills
- Breedlove Hills is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Clarence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Clarence is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <4>
- Flora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Flora is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <4>
- Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Knightville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knightville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightville
- Knightville is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Kraft
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Provencal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provencal
- Provencal is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provencal <4>
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Natchitoches Parish
- Strongs Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strongs Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Ferry
- Strongs Ferry is located in Winn Parish
How Far From Greenwood Park 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 Greenwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenwood Park and extending to:
- Natchitoches, which is the Seat of Natchitoches Parish, lies just to the East.
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Greenwood Park to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,617 miles [12,258.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,493 miles [8,840.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/
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 Greenwood Park 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 from Point A (ie- Greenwood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7571, Longitude: -93.1460 In this case, the coordinates for Greenwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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'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 Greenwood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.435 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.419 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.201 degrees. |