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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 Greece City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greece City 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 Greece City:
- 40.960619, -79.830608
- 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 Greece City
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Greece City is near Armstrong County and also Clarion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion 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 Greece City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greece City ...
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.
- Bonnie Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Brook is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brook
- Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Byers Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Byers Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers Corner
- Carbon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carbon Center is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
- Euclid
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Haysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haysville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Hooker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Lucasville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucasville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucasville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Muddy Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Muddy Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Creek
- Parsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Parsonville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
- Peaceful Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Queen Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Queen Junction is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Junction
- Troutman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Troutman is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutman
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Greece City 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 Greece City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greece City and extending to:
- Butler, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Greece City to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,519 miles [7,272.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Greece City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Greece City 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 Greece City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9606, Longitude: -79.8306 In this case, the coordinates for Greece City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.456 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.535 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.157 degrees. |
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