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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 Greggton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greggton 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 Greggton:
- 32.498126, -94.794098
- 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 Greggton
- 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 Gregg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gregg County
- Since Greggton is near Harrison County and also Upshur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur 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 Greggton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greggton ...
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.
- Danville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elderville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gum Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gum Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Liberty City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Longview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Longview Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Longview Heights is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Rolling Meadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Seven Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Union Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
How Far From Greggton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greggton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Greggton and extending to:
- Longview, which is the Seat of Gregg County, lies just to the East.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Greggton to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Greggton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Greggton 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 Greggton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4981, Longitude: -94.7941 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.584 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.859 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.808 degrees. |
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