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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 Greensburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greensburg 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 Greensburg:
- 40.931615, -81.465073
- 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 Greensburg
- 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 Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
- Since Greensburg is near Stark County and also Portage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Portage 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 Greensburg
Communities Also Named Greensburg ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Greensburg.
There are three communities within Ohio that are also named Greensburg.
Beyond Ohio, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Richland County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Richland County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Greensburg.
- Trumbull 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 Ohio community of Greensburg [Trumbull County].
- Tuscarawas County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Greensburg.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Decatur County
- This Greensburg is located in Decatur County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Greensburg.
- Kansas
- Kiowa County
- This Greensburg is located in Kiowa County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<3> to the west of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Greensburg.
- Kentucky
- Green County
- This Greensburg is located in Green County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<3> to the southwest of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green County community of Greensburg.
- Louisiana
- Saint Helena Parish
- This Greensburg is located in Saint Helena Parish and lies 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Helena Parish community of Greensburg.
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Greensburg is located in Washington County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greensburg.
- Missouri
- Knox County
- This Greensburg is located in Knox County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<3> to the west of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Greensburg.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Greensburg is located in Westmoreland County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Greensburg.
- West Virginia
- Berkeley County
- This Greensburg is located in Berkeley County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Greensburg that is located in Summit County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Greensburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greensburg ...
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.
- Cairo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Comet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cottage Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Green
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Cable
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Cable is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cable
- Lake Slagle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Slagle is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Slagle
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Tower Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tower Terrace is located in Stark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Terrace
- Uniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Greensburg 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 Greensburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greensburg and extending to:
- Akron, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greensburg to Akron, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,991 miles [9,641.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Greensburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Greensburg 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greensburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Greensburg 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 Greensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9316, Longitude: -81.4651 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.478 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.689 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.919 degrees. |
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