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 Greencastle:
38.063441, -81.372888
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 Greencastle
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 Kanawha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Greencastle.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Greencastle.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In West Virginia ...
Wirt County
This Greencastle is located in Wirt County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the north of the Greencastle that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Greencastle.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Putnam County
This Greencastle is located in Putnam County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greencastle that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Greencastle.
Kentucky
Warren County
This Greencastle is located in Warren County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west of the Greencastle that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Greencastle.
Missouri
Sullivan County
This Greencastle is located in Sullivan County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greencastle that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Greencastle.
Ohio
Fairfield County
This Greencastle is located in Fairfield County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Greencastle that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Greencastle.
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
This Greencastle is located in Franklin County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greencastle that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Greencastle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greencastle ...
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.
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 Greencastle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greencastle and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greencastle to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Greencastle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Greencastle 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 Greencastle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0634, Longitude: -81.3729 In this case, the coordinates for Greencastle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.51 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.298 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.844 degrees.