Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greenwood Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwood Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greenwood Heights
- 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 Greenwood Heights:
- 40.006186, -79.601705
- 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 Greenwood Heights
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Greenwood Heights is near Westmoreland County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Greenwood Heights ...
We found four communities that share the name Greenwood Heights.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Greenwood Heights is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Although located in New Haven County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Greenwood Heights.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Greenwood Heights.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Greenwood Heights is located in Knox County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greenwood Heights that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Greenwood Heights.
- Virginia
- Frederick County
- This Greenwood Heights is located in Frederick County and lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Greenwood Heights that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Greenwood Heights.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwood Heights ...
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.
- Coldbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Crossland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Dry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Factory Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Factory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hill
- Factory Hill is located in Fayette County
- Furnace Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Hill
- Furnace Hill is located in Fayette County
- Graham Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Crossing
- Graham Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Hardy Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Hill
- Hardy Hill is located in Fayette County
- Hulltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Little Summit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Summit
- Little Summit is located in Fayette County
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- Monarch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Poplar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in Fayette County
- Raineytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raineytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raineytown
- Raineytown is located in Fayette County
- Reservoir Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reservoir Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reservoir Hill
- Reservoir Hill is located in Fayette County
- Rogerstown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogerstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogerstown
- Rogerstown is located in Fayette County
- Trotter
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Monarch
How Far From Greenwood Heights 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 Greenwood Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenwood Heights and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenwood Heights to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> 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 144 miles [231.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,672 miles [10,737.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,547 miles [7,317.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwood Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fayette County: www.fayettepa.org
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Greenwood Heights 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwood Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwood Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0062, Longitude: -79.6017 In this case, the coordinates for Greenwood Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Greenwood Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.367 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.287 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.407 degrees. |