Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grantley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grantley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grantley
- 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 Grantley:
- 33.853991, -85.545040
- 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 Grantley
- 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 Cleburne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cleburne County
- Since Grantley is near Calhoun County and also Cherokee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Grantley ...
We found two communities that share the name Grantley.
Within Alabama, the name Grantley is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other three communities are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grantley ...
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.
- Burns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Coldwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Couch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Dailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Jenkins
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Liberty Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Liberty Hill is located in Cleburne County
- Mars Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cleburne County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Palestine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County
- Piney Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods
- Piney Woods is located in Cleburne County
- Pleasant Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Gap
- Pleasant Gap is located in Cherokee County
- Prices
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Rabbittown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbittown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbittown
- Rabbittown is located in Calhoun County
- Spring Garden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Spring Garden is located in Cherokee County
- Palestine
How Far From Grantley 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 Grantley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grantley and extending to:
- Heflin, which is the Seat of Cleburne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Grantley to Heflin, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 586 miles [943.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,066 miles [8,152.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grantley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grantley 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grantley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8540, Longitude: -85.5450 In this case, the coordinates for Grantley 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 Grantley 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 312.943 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.487 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.719 degrees. |