Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Greewood Plantation, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greewood Plantation and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Greewood Plantation

• 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 Greewood Plantation:
  • 29.814096, -90.868983
  • 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 Greewood Plantation

• 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 Lafourche Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafourche Parish
  • Since Greewood Plantation is near Terrebonne Parish and also Assumption Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Terrebonne Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Assumption 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 Greewood Plantation

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greewood Plantation ...

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.

• Chackbay
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
• Elmer
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Elmer is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
• Georgia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
• Himalaya
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
• Isle of Cuba
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Isle of Cuba is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Cuba
• Lowlands
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lowlands is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowlands
• Magnolia
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Magnolia is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Magnolia Plantation
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
• Minerva Plantation
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
• Supreme
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
• Twelve Cedars
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Twelve Cedars is located in Lafourche Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Cedars

How Far From Greewood Plantation 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 community such as Greewood Plantation to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greewood Plantation and extending to:

• Thibodaux, which is the Seat of Lafourche Parish, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Greewood Plantation to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 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 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,608 miles [12,243.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,485 miles [8,827.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'