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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 Greenway Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenway Court 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 Greenway Court:
- 39.046218, -78.118610
- 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 Greenway Court
- 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Since Greenway Court is near Frederick County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Greenway Court
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenway Court ...
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.
- Berrys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Berrys is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrys
- Bufflick Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bufflick Heights is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufflick Heights
- Care Free Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Care Free Acres is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Care Free Acres
- Cedarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Hill and Dale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hill and Dale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill and Dale
- Lake Frederick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Frederick is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Frederick
- Lost Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lost Corner is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Corner
- Pyletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pyletown is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyletown
- Reliance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Success
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Success is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Tulip
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
How Far From Greenway Court 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 Court to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greenway Court and extending to:
- Berryville, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Greenway Court to Berryville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 58 miles [93.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,937 miles [9,554.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,521 miles [7,275.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Greenway Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Court 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 Greenway Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0462, Longitude: -78.1186 In this case, the coordinates for Greenway Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.522 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.181 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.116 degrees. |
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