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:
- 40.091227, -74.137918
- 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Since Greenbriar is near Monmouth County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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.
Within New Jersey, the name Greenbriar is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Greenbriar is located in Madison County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 2,132 miles [3,431.1 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 678 miles [1,091.1 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 622 miles [1,001 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Greenbriar.
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- This Greenbriar is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 459 miles [738.7 km] to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Greenbriar.
- Onslow County
- This Greenbriar is located in Onslow County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Greenbriar.
- Orange County
- This Greenbriar is located in Orange County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Greenbriar.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Greenbriar is located in Berks County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 509 miles [819.2 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 509 miles [819.2 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 521 miles [838.5 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 610 miles [981.7 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 584 miles [939.9 km] to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the west southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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 253 miles [407.2 km] to the south southwest of the Greenbriar that is located in Ocean 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.
- Bricktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Cedar Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bridge
- Cedar Bridge is located in Ocean County
- Cherry Quay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Quay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Quay
- Cherry Quay is located in Ocean County
- Coventry Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Square
- Coventry Square is located in Ocean County
- Evergreen Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Evergreen Shores is located in Ocean County
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Green Island is located in Ocean County
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Ocean County
- Herbertsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
- Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
- Holiday City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Holiday City is located in Ocean County
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- Lanes Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
- Lanes Mills is located in Ocean County
- Maxim
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Maxim is located in Monmouth County
- Pine Terrace
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- Pine Terrace is located in Ocean County
- Ramtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Seven Stars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Stars have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Seven Stars is located in Ocean County
- Spruce Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Gardens
- Spruce Gardens is located in Ocean County
- Lanes Mills
How Far From Greenbriar 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 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:
- Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenbriar to Toms River, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 175 miles [281.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,724 miles [9,211.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,305 miles [6,928.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- 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: 40.0912, Longitude: -74.1379 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 306.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.58 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.997 degrees. |