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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 Greenwich Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwich Village 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 Greenwich Village:
    • 42.383059, -72.274355
    • 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 Greenwich Village
  • 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 Greenwich Village ...

We found five communities that share the name Greenwich Village.

There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Greenwich Village.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
    • Hampshire County
      • 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 Massachusetts community of Greenwich Village [Hampshire County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Ventura County
      • This Greenwich Village is located in Ventura County and lies 2,554 miles [4,110.3 km]<2> to the west of the Greenwich Village that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Greenwich Village.
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu 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 Greenwich Village [Calcasieu Parish].
    • New York
      • New York County
      • This Greenwich Village is located in New York County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greenwich Village that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Greenwich Village.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • 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 Ohio community of Greenwich Village [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwich 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.

  • Baconville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baconville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baconville
    • Baconville is located in Franklin County
  • Dana ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
    • Dana is located in Worcester County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dana
    • From Greenwich Village to Dana
  • Dana Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dana Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Center
    • Dana Center is located in Worcester County
  • Furnace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
    • Furnace is located in Worcester County
  • Gilbertville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwich ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Knights Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knights Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Corner
    • Knights Corner is located in Hampshire County
  • Meads Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meads Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads Corner
    • Meads Corner is located in Hampshire County
  • Packardville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packardville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packardville
    • Packardville is located in Hampshire County

How Far From Greenwich Village to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greenwich Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Greenwich Village once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenwich Village and extending to:

  • Worcester, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Greenwich Village to Worcester, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies 62 miles [99.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,139 miles [6,661.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.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 Greenwich Village 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 county. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwich Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwich Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3831, Longitude: -72.2744       In this case, the coordinates for Greenwich Village 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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 Greenwich Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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.
<7>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 Greenwich Village to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.702 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.392 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.108 degrees.




 

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