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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 East Greenwich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Greenwich 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 East Greenwich:
- 43.145914, -73.397633
- 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 East Greenwich
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since East Greenwich is near Bennington County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bennington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga 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 East Greenwich
Communities Also Named East Greenwich ...
We found two communities that are also named East Greenwich.
Within New York, the name East Greenwich is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Gloucester 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 New Jersey community of East Greenwich [Gloucester County].
- Rhode Island
- Kent County
- This East Greenwich is located in Kent County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the East Greenwich that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of East Greenwich.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Greenwich ...
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.
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bacon Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
- Coveville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coveville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
- Eagleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Fly Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goose Island is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Island
- Greenwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Jewell Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- King Edward Knolls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- King Edward Knolls is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Edward Knolls
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lick Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lick Springs is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Springs
- Middle Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Hook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pumpkin Hook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hook
- Starks Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Starks Knob is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Knob
- Victory Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Village of Victory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Village of Victory has also been known as:
- Victory village
How Far From East Greenwich 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 East Greenwich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Greenwich and extending to:
- Hudson Falls, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Greenwich to Hudson Falls, 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 four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 349 miles [561.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,161 miles [6,696.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 East Greenwich 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- East Greenwich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Greenwich 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 East Greenwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1459, Longitude: -73.3976 In this case, the coordinates for East Greenwich have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.282 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.172 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.25 degrees. |
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