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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 Greenvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenvale 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 Greenvale:
    • 35.999784, -86.197768
    • 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 Greenvale
  • 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wilson County
    • Since Greenvale is near Rutherford County and also Cannon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rutherford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cannon 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 Greenvale

Communities Also Named Greenvale ...

We found eight communities that are also named Greenvale.

There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Greenvale.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Hawkins County
      • This Greenvale is located in Hawkins County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenvale that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Greenvale.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Jo Daviess County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Greenvale [Jo Daviess County].
    • Iowa
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Greenvale [Dallas County].
    • Kansas
      • Russell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Greenvale [Russell County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Greenvale is located in Nassau County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greenvale that is located in Wilson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Greenvale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Greenvale lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Greenvale that is located in Wilson County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Greenvale.
    • Virginia
      • Lancaster County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Greenvale [Lancaster County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenvale ...

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.

  • Cherry Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Cottage Home
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cottage Home is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home
    • Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
  • Halls Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Halls Hill is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hill
  • Hardscrabble
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardscrabble is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
  • Hurricane
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hurricane is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Josephine ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Josephine is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
  • Liberty Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Hill is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Major
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Major is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Major
  • Oregon ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Oregon is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
  • Porterfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Porterfield is located in Cannon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
  • Prosperity
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Prosperity is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Riverwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverwood is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Round Top
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Round Top is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
    • Shop Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Shop Springs is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shop Springs
    • Silver Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Silver Hill is located in Rutherford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
    • Tater Peeler ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Tater Peeler is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tater Peeler
    • Vine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Vine is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Wilson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenvale to Lebanon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 540 miles [869 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,125 miles [11,466.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Greenvale 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>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 Greenvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Greenvale 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 Greenvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9998, Longitude: -86.1978       In this case, the coordinates for Greenvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.43 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.348 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.479 degrees.