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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 Greens View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greens View 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 Greens View:
- 35.217582, -85.918590
- 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 Greens View
- 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
- Since Greens View is near Franklin County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Greens View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greens View ...
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.
- Bobtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bobtown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
- Clifftops
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clifftops is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftops
- Greenhaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Rockledge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockledge is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
- Ruthledge Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Ruthledge Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Hill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Hill
- Sand Switch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Valley Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Home is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Home
How Far From Greens View 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 Greens View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greens View and extending to:
- Manchester, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greens View to Manchester, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 551 miles [886.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,147 miles [11,502 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,023 miles [8,083.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greens View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Greens View 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 Greens View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2176, Longitude: -85.9186 In this case, the coordinates for Greens View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.229 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.008 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.551 degrees. |
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