Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greenbriar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenbriar and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greenbriar
- 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 Greenbriar:
- 34.826552, -77.464131
- 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 Greenbriar
- 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 Onslow County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Onslow County
- Since Greenbriar is near Duplin County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Duplin County
- eBird sighting report for Jones 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Greenbriar ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Greenbriar.
There are three communities within North Carolina that are also named Greenbriar.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Mecklenburg County
- This Greenbriar is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Greenbriar.
- New Hanover County
- This Greenbriar is located in New Hanover County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Greenbriar.
- Orange County
- This Greenbriar is located in Orange County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Greenbriar.
- Mecklenburg County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Greenbriar is located in Madison County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Greenbriar.
- Tallapoosa County
- This Greenbriar is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Greenbriar.
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Greenbriar is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km] to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Greenbriar.
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Greenbriar is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,973 miles [3,175.2 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Greenbriar.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Greenbriar is located in Hillsborough County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Greenbriar.
- Seminole County
- This Greenbriar is located in Seminole County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km] to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Greenbriar.
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- This Greenbriar is located in Bartow County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Greenbriar.
- Bibb County
- This Greenbriar is located in Bibb County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Greenbriar.
- Bulloch County
- This Greenbriar is located in Bulloch County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Greenbriar.
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Greenbriar [Fulton County].
- Illinois
- McLean County
- This Greenbriar is located in McLean County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Greenbriar.
- Will 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 Illinois community of Greenbriar [Will County].
- Indiana
- Marion County
- This Greenbriar is located in Marion County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Greenbriar.
- Putnam 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 Greenbriar [Putnam County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess 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 Kentucky community of Greenbriar [Daviess County].
- Estill County
- This Greenbriar is located in Estill County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Greenbriar.
- Marion County
- This Greenbriar is located in Marion County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km] to the west northwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Greenbriar.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Greenbriar is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the north of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Greenbriar.
- Mississippi
- Oktibbeha County
- This Greenbriar is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Greenbriar.
- Warren County
- This Greenbriar is located in Warren County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km] to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Greenbriar.
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- This Greenbriar is located in Ocean County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Greenbriar.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Greenbriar is located in Berks County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Greenbriar.
- Dauphin County
- This Greenbriar is located in Dauphin County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the north of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Greenbriar.
- York County
- This Greenbriar is located in York County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km] to the north of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Greenbriar.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Greenbriar is located in Anderson County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Greenbriar.
- Florence County
- This Greenbriar is located in Florence County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Greenbriar.
- Horry County
- This Greenbriar is located in Horry County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Greenbriar.
- Lancaster County
- This Greenbriar is located in Lancaster County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Greenbriar.
- Oconee County
- This Greenbriar is located in Oconee County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Greenbriar.
- Orangeburg County
- This Greenbriar is located in Orangeburg County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Greenbriar.
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- This Greenbriar is located in Rutherford County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Greenbriar.
- Texas
- Galveston County
- This Greenbriar is located in Galveston County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Greenbriar.
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- This Greenbriar is located in Chesterfield County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the north of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Greenbriar.
- Fairfax County
- This Greenbriar is located in Fairfax County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the north of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Greenbriar.
- Portsmouth City
- This Greenbriar is located in Portsmouth City and lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the north northeast of the Greenbriar that is located in Onslow County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Greenbriar.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbriar ...
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.
- Branchwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Branchwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchwood
- Branchwood is located in Onslow County
- Cedar Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Onslow County
- Forest Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Onslow County
- Greystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Gum Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gum Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Gum Branch is located in Onslow County
- Half Moon
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Houston Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Heights
- Houston Heights is located in Onslow County
- Indian Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Onslow County
- Raintree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Shamrock Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shamrock Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Village
- Shamrock Village is located in Onslow County
- Tar Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tar Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tar Landing
- Tar Landing is located in Onslow County
- Willow Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Woods
- Willow Woods is located in Onslow County
How Far From Greenbriar 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 Greenbriar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenbriar and extending to:
- Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Onslow County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Greenbriar to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,662 miles [7,502.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenbriar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Onslow County: www.co.onslow.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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- Greenbriar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenbriar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8266, Longitude: -77.4641 In this case, the coordinates for Greenbriar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Greenbriar 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> | 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> | 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 Greenbriar to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.313 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.307 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.345 degrees. |