Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grantville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grantville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grantville
- 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 Grantville:
- 34.205095, -85.447736
- 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 Grantville
- 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 Cherokee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Since Grantville is near Floyd County and also Chattooga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- eBird sighting report for Chattooga 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 Grantville ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Grantville.
Within Alabama, the name Grantville is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Diego County
- This Grantville is located in San Diego County and lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<1> to the west of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Grantville.
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- This Grantville is located in Litchfield County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Grantville.
- Georgia
- Coweta County
- This Grantville is located in Coweta County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Grantville.
- Greene 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 Georgia community of Grantville [Greene County].
- Kansas
- Jefferson County
- This Grantville is located in Jefferson County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grantville.
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- This Grantville is located in Norfolk County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Grantville.
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Grantville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Grantville.
- North Carolina
- Buncombe 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 North Carolina community of Grantville [Buncombe County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Grantville lies 1,496 miles [2,407.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- This Grantville is located in Dauphin County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Cherokee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Grantville.
- Tennessee
- Montgomery 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 Tennessee community of Grantville [Montgomery County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grantville ...
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.
- Alexis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County
- Early ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Hall Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Valley
- Hall Valley is located in Cherokee County
- Kirk's Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Mount Hope ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mount Hope is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Neals Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neals Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals Ferry
- Neals Ferry is located in Floyd County (GA)
- Poetry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Sprite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Grantville 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 Grantville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Grantville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Grantville and extending to:
- Centre, which is the Seat of Cherokee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grantville to Centre, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,047 miles [8,122.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grantville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2051, Longitude: -85.4477 In this case, the coordinates for Grantville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Grantville, 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 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 Grantville 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> | 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. |
| <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 Grantville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.901 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.488 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.599 degrees. |