Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Greinwich Village:
  • 30.194651, -93.183209
  • 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 Greinwich Village

• 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 Calcasieu Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calcasieu Parish
  • Since Greinwich Village is near Cameron Parish and also Jefferson Davis Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cameron Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson Davis 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 Greinwich Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greinwich Village ...

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.

• Bridge Junction
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Bridge Junction is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Junction
• Chalkley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chalkley is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalkley
• Chloe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chloe is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloe
• Harbor
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Harbor is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
• Lake Charles
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Charles is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78,433 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Charles <1>
• Lockmoor
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lockmoor is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockmoor
• Mallard Junction
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mallard Junction is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Junction
• Prairieland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Prairieland is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieland
• Rose Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rose Bluff is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bluff
• University Place
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • University Place is located in Calcasieu Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greinwich Village and extending to:

• Lake Charles, which is the Seat of Calcasieu Parish, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Greinwich Village to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,693 miles [12,380.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'