Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greendale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greendale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greendale
- 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 Greendale:
- 39.802315, -77.622214
- 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 Greendale
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Greendale is near Washington County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Greendale ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Greendale.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Greendale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Armstrong County
- McKean County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Greendale lies 2,246 miles [3,614.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Greendale is located in Allen County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Greendale.
- Dearborn County
- This Greendale is located in Dearborn County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Greendale.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Greendale lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- New York
- Ohio
- Quebec
- This Greendale lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- This Greendale is located in Henrico County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the south of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Greendale.
- Washington County
- This Greendale is located in Washington County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southwest of the Greendale that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greendale.
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greendale ...
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.
- Clay Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Five Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Franklin County
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Greencastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greencastle is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greencastle <4>
- Jugtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Franklin County
- Pond Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Roadside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Rocky Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forge
- Rocky Forge is located in Washington County (MD)
- Shady Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Franklin County
- Slabtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Tomstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Greendale 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 Greendale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greendale and extending to:
- Chambersburg, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greendale to Chambersburg, 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greendale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Greendale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greendale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8023, Longitude: -77.6222 In this case, the coordinates for Greendale 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 Greendale 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 Greendale 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 308.179 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.908 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.614 degrees. |