Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Green Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Place and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Green Place

• 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 Green Place:
  • 37.013170, -81.740116
  • 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 Green Place

• 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
  • Since Green Place is near Russell County and also Smyth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Smyth 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 Green Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Place ...

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.

• Busthead
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Busthead is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busthead
• Cedar Bluff
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Bluff is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 998 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Bluff <1>
• Indian
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Indian is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian
• Joe Whites
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Joe Whites is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Whites
• Liberty
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Maiden Spring
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Maiden Spring is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Spring
• Paintlick
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Paintlick is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintlick
• Pounding Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pounding Mill is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounding Mill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pounding Mill <1>
• Rockhouse
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockhouse is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
• Tannersville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Tannersville is located in Tazewell County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannersville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Green Place and extending to:

• Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Green Place to Tazewell, with an average speed<3> 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.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 287 miles [461.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'