Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Granby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Granby and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Granby
- 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 Granby:
- 40.087797, -105.935230
- 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 Granby
- 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 Grand County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grand County
- Since Granby is near Gilpin County and also Boulder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gilpin County
- eBird sighting report for Boulder 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 Granby ...
We found five communities that share the name Granby.
Within Colorado, the name Granby is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Quebec
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Granby ...
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.
- Caribou ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Caribou is located in Boulder County
- Caribou has also been known as:
- Caribou City
- Elkdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Grand Island ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
- Grand Island is located in Boulder County
- Grand Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake
- Grand Lake is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Lake <4>
- Hideaway Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hideaway Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Park
- Hideaway Park is located in Grand County
- Hot Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Sulphur Springs
- Hot Sulphur Springs is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Sulphur Springs <4>
- Maryvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Troublesome
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troublesome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troublesome
- Troublesome is located in Grand County
- Winter Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winter Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Park
- Winter Park is located in Grand County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,106 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winter Park <4>
How Far From Granby 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 town such as Granby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Granby and extending to:
- Hot Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Grand County, lies just to the West.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Granby to Denver, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,880 miles [11,072.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,644 miles [12,301.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Granby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Grand County: www.co.grand.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Granby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0878, Longitude: -105.9352 |
| <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 Granby 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 Granby 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 327.272 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.949 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.452 degrees. |