Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greenwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenwood Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greenwood Park
- 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 Greenwood Park:
- 36.722094, -77.564427
- 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 Greenwood Park
- 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 Greensville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greensville County
- Since Greenwood Park is near Emporia City and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Emporia City
- eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Greenwood Park ...
We found five communities that share the name Greenwood Park.
Within Virginia, the name Greenwood Park is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Greenwood Park [Caddo Parish].
- Natchitoches Parish
- This Greenwood Park is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Greenwood Park that is located in Greensville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Greenwood Park.
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Stanly County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Greenwood Park that is located in Greensville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Greenwood Park.
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Charleston County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Greenwood Park that is located in Greensville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Greenwood Park.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Greenwood Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,857 miles [2,988.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Greenwood Park that is located in Greensville County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Greenwood Park.
- Louisiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenwood Park ...
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.
- Cowie Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowie Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowie Corner
- Cowie Corner is located in Greensville County
- James River Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James River Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James River Junction
- James River Junction is located in Greensville County
- Kingsberry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsberry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsberry
- Kingsberry is located in Greensville County
- Lanes Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Corner
- Lanes Corner is located in Greensville County
- Lincoln Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Greensville County
- Moonlight
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Pleasant Shade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Shade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Shade
- Pleasant Shade is located in Greensville County
- Radium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Walnut Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Heights
- Walnut Heights is located in Greensville County
How Far From Greenwood Park 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 Greenwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenwood Park and extending to:
- Emporia, which is the Seat of Greensville County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Greenwood Park to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 152 miles [244.6 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,590 miles [7,386.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Greensville County: www.greensvillecountyva.gov/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.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 Greenwood Park 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Greenwood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7221, Longitude: -77.5644 In this case, the coordinates for Greenwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Greenwood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.308 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.585 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.732 degrees. |