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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 Greer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greer 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 Greer:
- 38.819526, -82.030140
- 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 Greer
- 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 Mason County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Since Greer is near Gallia County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gallia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Greer
Communities Also Named Greer ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Greer.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Greer.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Monongalia County
- This Greer is located in Monongalia County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Greer.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- This Greer is located in Elmore County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Greer.
- Etowah County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Greer [Etowah County].
- Arizona
- Apache County
- This Greer is located in Apache County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the west of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Greer.
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Greer [Jefferson County].
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- This Greer is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Greer.
- Illinois
- Iroquois County
- This Greer is located in Iroquois County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Greer.
- Mississippi
- Leake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Greer [Leake County].
- Missouri
- Oregon County
- This Greer is located in Oregon County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Greer.
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This Greer is located in Knox County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the north of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Greer.
- Oklahoma
- Greer #1
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Greer.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Greer [Butler County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This Greer is located in Greenville County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the south of the Greer that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Greer.
- Texas
- McLennan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Greer [McLennan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greer ...
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.
- Ash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ash is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Board
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Board is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Board
- Chestnut
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chestnut is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Couch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Couch is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch
- Fivemile
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Flatrock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock
- Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heights is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heights
- Leon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Locust Lane ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Lane is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lane
- Mapleshade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mapleshade is located in Gallia County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleshade
- Meadowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Point Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
How Far From Greer 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 Greer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greer and extending to:
- Point Pleasant, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Greer to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Greer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Greer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Greer 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Greer 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 Greer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8195, Longitude: -82.0301 In this case, the coordinates for Greer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.895 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.849 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.885 degrees. |
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