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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 East Greenwich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Greenwich and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 East Greenwich:
    • 41.660796, -71.449936
    • 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 East Greenwich
  • 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 East Greenwich ...

We found two communities that share the name East Greenwich.

Within Rhode Island, the name East Greenwich is unique.

Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • 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 New Jersey community of East Greenwich [Gloucester County].
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This East Greenwich is located in Washington County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the East Greenwich that is located in Kent County.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on East Greenwich
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of East Greenwich.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Greenwich ...

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.

  • Anthony
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
    • Anthony lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Anthony
  • Arctic
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arctic
    • Arctic lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arctic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Arctic
  • Birch Hill ‑ Historic
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hill
    • Birch Hill was located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Buttonwoods
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwoods
    • Buttonwoods lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of East Greenwich.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Buttonwoods
  • Centerville
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Centerville
  • Clyde
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Clyde
  • Cooks Corner
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Corner
    • Cooks Corner lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Cooks Corner
  • Crossways ‑ Historic
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossways
    • Crossways was located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossways have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Folly Landing
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folly Landing
    • Folly Landing lies less than 2 miles<2> to the north of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folly Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Folly Landing
  • Frenchtown
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
    • Frenchtown lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Frenchtown
  • Frys Corner
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frys Corner
    • Frys Corner lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Frys Corner
  • Greenwood
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Greenwood lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of East Greenwich.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Greenwood
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hillsgrove
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove
      • Hillsgrove lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of East Greenwich.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Hillsgrove
    • Kettle Corner
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner
      • Kettle Corner lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of East Greenwich.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Kettle Corner
    • Lincoln Park
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
      • Lincoln Park lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Lincoln Park
    • Longmeadow
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
      • Longmeadow lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longmeadow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Longmeadow
    • Meadow View
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
      • Meadow View lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Meadow View
    • Moosehorn Corner
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn Corner
      • Moosehorn Corner lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moosehorn Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Moosehorn Corner
    • Places Corner
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Places Corner
      • Places Corner lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Places Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Places Corner
    • River Point
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point
      • River Point lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on River Point
    • River View
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
      • River View lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on River View
    • Rocky Point
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Rocky Point lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Rocky Point
    • Spring Green
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
      • Spring Green lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Spring Green
    • Tarbox Corner
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarbox Corner
      • Tarbox Corner lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarbox Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Tarbox Corner
    • Woods Corner
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
      • Woods Corner lies 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southwest of East Greenwich.
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Google Maps centered on Woods Corner

How Far From East Greenwich 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 East Greenwich to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Greenwich and extending to:

  • Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from East Greenwich to Providence, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 350 miles [563.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,547 miles [8,927 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,252 miles [10,061.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,129 miles [6,645 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for East Greenwich: www.eastgreenwichri.com/

The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.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 East Greenwich 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 '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- East Greenwich) to Point B.If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for East Greenwich. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from East GreenwichOur distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Greenwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6608, Longitude: -71.4499    
<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 East Greenwich 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 304.31 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.83 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.098 degrees.




 

 

 

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