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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 Old Greenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Greenville and the surrounding area.
- 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 Old Greenville:
- 37.100885, -90.454836
- 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 Old Greenville
- 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 county-by-county basis. We have selected Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Old Greenville is near Butler County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- 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 Old Greenville
Communities Also Named Old Greenville ...
We found one communities that are also named Old Greenville.
Within Missouri, the name Old Greenville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Old Greenville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Old Greenville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Greenville ...
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.
- Bounds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bounds is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds
- Bull Run Camp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bull Run Camp is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run Camp
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holliday Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holliday Landing is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday Landing
- Lost Creek Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek Landing is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Landing
- Missionary Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Missionary Acres is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missionary Acres
- Rings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rings is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rings
- Shook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shook
- Virginia Settlement
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia Settlement is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Settlement
How Far From Old Greenville 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 Old Greenville 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 community of Old Greenville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Greenville and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the North.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Old Greenville to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 739 miles [1,189.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,131 miles [8,257.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Old Greenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Old Greenville 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 Old Greenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1009, Longitude: -90.4548 In this case, the coordinates for Old Greenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.169 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.658 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.104 degrees. |
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