Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greentown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greentown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greentown
- 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 Greentown:
- 40.927505, -81.402739
- 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 Greentown
- 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stark County
- Since Greentown is near Summit County and also Portage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Summit County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Greentown ...
We found eight communities that share the name Greentown.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Greentown.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Jefferson County
- Summit County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greentown ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Diamond ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Green is located in Summit County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green <4>
- Hartville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville
- Hartville is located in Stark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,088 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartville <4>
- Lake Cable
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Cable have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cable
- Lake Cable is located in Stark County
- Lake Slagle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Slagle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Slagle
- Lake Slagle is located in Stark County
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Stark County
- Oval City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Skyline Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skyline Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Hills
- Skyline Hills is located in Stark County
- Tower Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Terrace
- Tower Terrace is located in Stark County
- Uniontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uniontown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Uniontown is located in Stark County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Uniontown <4>
How Far From Greentown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greentown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greentown and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies just to the South.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Greentown to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 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 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,711 miles [10,800.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,587 miles [7,382.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greentown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Stark County: www.co.stark.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Greentown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greentown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9275, Longitude: -81.4027 |
| <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 Greentown 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'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 Greentown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.439 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.644 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.892 degrees. |