Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greystone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greystone and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greystone
- 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 Greystone:
- 41.866488, -71.490338
- 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 Greystone
- 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 Providence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Providence County
- Since Greystone is near Bristol County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bristol County
- eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Greystone ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Greystone.
Within Rhode Island, the name Greystone is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Kansas
- New York
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- This Greystone is located in Onslow County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Greystone that is located in Providence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Greystone.
- Vance County
- This Greystone is located in Vance County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km] to the southwest of the Greystone that is located in Providence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vance County community of Greystone.
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greystone ...
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.
- Dyerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Fairlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Federal Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Federal Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Federal Hill is located in Providence County
- Fountain Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Spring
- Fountain Spring is located in Providence County
- Fruit Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruit Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Fruit Hill is located in Providence County
- Geneva
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Georgiaville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgiaville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiaville
- Georgiaville is located in Providence County
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Providence County
- Hughesdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughesdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesdale
- Hughesdale is located in Providence County
- Lime Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Lime Rock is located in Providence County
- Marieville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marieville
- Marieville is located in Providence County
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Providence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179,270 people
- Stillwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Providence County
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Woodlawn is located in Providence County
How Far From Greystone 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 Greystone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greystone and extending to:
- Providence, which is the Seat of Providence County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 356 miles [572.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Greystone to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,541 miles [8,917.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,123 miles [6,635.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greystone. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Greystone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Greystone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greystone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8665, Longitude: -71.4903 In this case, the coordinates for Greystone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Greystone 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Greystone 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 304.305 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.859 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.013 degrees. |