Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greenway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenway and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greenway
- 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 Greenway:
- 36.020638, -83.922685
- 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 Greenway
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Greenway is near Hamilton County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Greenway ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Greenway.
Within Tennessee, the name Greenway is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Greenway [Emanuel County].
- Fulton County
- This Greenway is located in Fulton County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Greenway.
- Hall County
- This Greenway is located in Hall County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the south of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Greenway.
- Polk 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 Georgia community of Greenway [Polk County].
- Manitoba
- This Greenway lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- New York
- Ontario
- This Greenway lies 512 miles [824 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Bexar County
- Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Greenway.
- Virginia
- Charles City County
- This Greenway is located in Charles City County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles City County community of Greenway.
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Greenway [Fairfax County].
- Hanover County
- This Greenway is located in Hanover County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km] to the east northeast of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Greenway.
- Nelson County
- This Greenway is located in Nelson County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the east northeast of the Greenway that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Greenway.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenway ...
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.
- Beverly
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Black Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Cedar Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Cedar Flats is located in Knox County
- Cedarchase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarchase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarchase
- Cedarchase is located in Knox County
- Dry Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Fieldview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Fountain City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City
- Fountain City is located in Knox County
- Fountaincrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountaincrest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaincrest
- Fountaincrest is located in Knox County
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Knox County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Loveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Murphy Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Hills
- Murphy Hills is located in Knox County
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Park City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Spring Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Place
- Spring Place is located in Knox County
- Whittle Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whittle Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittle Springs
- Whittle Springs is located in Knox County
- Loveland
How Far From Greenway 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 Greenway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenway and extending to:
- Knoxville, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies just to the South.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Greenway to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,025 miles [11,305.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenway. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 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 Greenway 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- Greenway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0206, Longitude: -83.9227 In this case, the coordinates for Greenway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Greenway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Greenway 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 312.046 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.76 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.519 degrees. |