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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 Glenview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenview 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 Glenview:
    • 36.167652, -77.811646
    • 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 Glenview
  • 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 Halifax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County
    • Since Glenview is near Nash County and also Edgecombe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nash County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edgecombe 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 Glenview

Communities Also Named Glenview ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Glenview.

Within North Carolina, the name Glenview is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Glenview is located in Jefferson County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glenview.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Glenview [Pulaski County].
    • California
      • Lake County
      • This Glenview is located in Lake County and lies 2,443 miles [3,931.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Glenview.
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Glenview is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,290 miles [3,685.4 km] to the west of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Glenview.
      • San Diego County
      • This Glenview is located in San Diego County and lies 2,221 miles [3,574.4 km] to the west of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Glenview.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Glenview is located in Cook County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Glenview.
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Glenview is located in Saint Clair County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the west northwest of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Glenview.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Glenview [Bartholomew County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Glenview is located in Jefferson County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Glenview.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Glenview is located in Montgomery County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the north of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Glenview.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Glenview [Camden County].
      • Morris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Glenview [Morris County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Glenview lies 1,456 miles [2,343.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
    • Ontario
      • This Glenview lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the north of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Glenview [Allegheny County].
    • Tennessee
      • Coffee County
      • This Glenview is located in Coffee County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Glenview.
      • Davidson County
      • This Glenview is located in Davidson County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km] to the west of the Glenview that is located in Halifax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Glenview.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenview ...

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.

  • Beaverdam
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaverdam is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Cherry Crossroads
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherry Crossroads is located in Edgecombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Crossroads
  • Dukes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dukes is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
  • Forest Oaks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Forest Oaks is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
  • Gethsemane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gethsemane is located in Edgecombe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
  • Gold Rock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Heathsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Heathsville is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
  • Hickory
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • High Meadows
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • High Meadows is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
  • Lewis Crossroads
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lewis Crossroads is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossroads
  • Red Oak
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Oak is located in Nash County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenview and extending to:

  • Halifax, which is the Seat of Halifax County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glenview to Halifax, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,047 miles [9,731.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glenview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Glenview 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Glenview 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 Glenview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1677, Longitude: -77.8116       In this case, the coordinates for Glenview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.47 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.686 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.022 degrees.