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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Greenwich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwich 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 Greenwich:
    • 38.432615, -111.922683
    • 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 Greenwich
  • 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 Greenwich ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Greenwich.

Within Utah, the name Greenwich is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern 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 California community of Greenwich [Kern County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Greenwich is located in Fairfield County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Greenwich.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee County
      • This Greenwich is located in Kankakee County and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Greenwich.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Greenwich is located in Sedgwick County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the east of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Greenwich.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire County
      • This Greenwich is located in Hampshire County and lies 2,080 miles [3,347.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Greenwich.
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Greenwich [Worcester County].
    • New Jersey
      • Cumberland County
      • This Greenwich is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,953 miles [3,143 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Greenwich.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Greenwich is located in Washington County and lies 2,017 miles [3,246 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greenwich.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Greenwich lies 2,454 miles [3,949.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
    • Ohio
      • Huron County
      • This Greenwich is located in Huron County and lies 1,564 miles [2,517 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huron County community of Greenwich.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Greenwich is located in Cambria County and lies 1,758 miles [2,829.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Greenwich.
      • Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Greenwich [Philadelphia County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Greenwich lies 2,529 miles [4,070 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent 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 Rhode Island community of Greenwich [Kent County].
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Greenwich is located in Prince William County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<2> to the east of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Greenwich.
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Greenwich is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 1,944 miles [3,128.6 km] to the east of the Greenwich that is located in Piute County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Greenwich.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwich ...

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.

  • Burrville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
    • Burrville is located in Sevier County
  • Central Valley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Valley
    • Central Valley is located in Sevier County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 579 people
    • Former names for Central Valley:
    • Central
    • Inverury
  • Cove
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
    • Cove is located in Sevier County
  • Fishlake Resort
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishlake Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishlake Resort
    • Fishlake Resort is located in Sevier County
  • Joseph
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
    • Joseph is located in Sevier County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
  • Junction
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Marysvale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marysvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysvale
    • Marysvale is located in Piute County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysvale <5>
  • Nibley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nibley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nibley
    • Nibley is located in Sevier County

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

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

  • Junction, which is the Seat of Piute County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greenwich to Junction, with an average speed<6> 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.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 107 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,908 miles [12,726.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwich. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.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 Greenwich 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwich) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4326, Longitude: -111.9227    
<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 Greenwich, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Greenwich to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.708 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.028 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.933 degrees.









 

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