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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grassy
- 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:
- 34.352701, -86.439936
- 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 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Grassy is near Cullman County and also Blount County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cullman County
- eBird sighting report for Blount 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 Grassy ...
We found four communities that share the name Grassy.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Grassy.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- Utah
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.
- Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Crossroads is located in Marshall County
- Diamond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Egypt
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferns Quarter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Honey Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Ferry
- Honey Ferry is located in Marshall County
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - May Apple ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Meadow Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Meadow Wood is located in Marshall County
- Neighbors Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neighbors Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neighbors Mill
- Neighbors Mill is located in Marshall County
- Oleander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Red Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Rice
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Scant City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scant City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Sunrise Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Shores
- Sunrise Shores is located in Marshall County
- Thrasher Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrasher Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrasher Crossroads
- Thrasher Crossroads is located in Cullman County
- Union Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Grove <4>
- Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Union Hill is located in Cullman County
- Red Hill
How Far From Grassy to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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:
- Guntersville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the East.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Grassy to Montgomery, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 607 miles [976.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grassy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marshall County: www.marshallco.org/www/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grassy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grassy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3527, Longitude: -86.4399 In this case, the coordinates for Grassy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 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> | 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'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 Grassy 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 313.505 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.205 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.967 degrees. |