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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 Grassy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassy 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 Grassy:
    • 34.971472, -87.299741
    • 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 Grassy
  • 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 Lauderdale County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lauderdale County
    • Since Grassy is near Lawrence County and also Limestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone 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 Grassy

Communities Also Named Grassy ...

We found four communities that are also named Grassy.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Grassy.

Beyond Alabama, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Marshall County
      • This Grassy is located in Marshall County and lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the southeast of the Grassy that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Grassy.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Leslie County
      • This Grassy is located in Leslie County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grassy that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leslie County community of Grassy.
    • Missouri
      • Bollinger County
      • This Grassy is located in Bollinger County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Grassy that is located in Lauderdale County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bollinger County community of Grassy.
    • Utah
      • Emery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Grassy [Emery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassy ...

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.

  • Cedar Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Good Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Good Springs is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
  • Hurricane ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hurricane is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Kingtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingtown is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingtown
  • Liberty Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,825 people
  • Moody Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Moody Ford is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody Ford
  • Peach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Peach is located in Giles County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach
  • Peppertown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peppertown is located in Lawrence County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppertown
  • Romine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Romine is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
  • Slabtown ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Slabtown is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Sugar ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sugar is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
  • Sweet Gum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sweet Gum is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum
  • Union Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Union Hill is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

How Far From Grassy 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 Grassy to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grassy and extending to:

  • Florence, which is the Seat of Lauderdale County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grassy to Florence, 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.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,093 miles [8,196.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grassy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Grassy 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.
<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 Grassy 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 Grassy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9715, Longitude: -87.2997       In this case, the coordinates for Grassy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.062 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.934 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.184 degrees.