Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Greystone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greystone and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Greystone
- 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 Greystone:
- 40.609410, -108.673997
- 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 Greystone
- 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 Moffat County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Moffat County
- Since Greystone is near Rio Blanco County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Rio Blanco 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 Greystone ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Greystone.
Within Colorado, the name Greystone is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Kansas
- New York
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- This Greystone is located in Onslow County and lies 1,740 miles [2,800.3 km]<2> to the east of the Greystone that is located in Moffat County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Greystone.
- Vance County
- This Greystone is located in Vance County and lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km] to the east of the Greystone that is located in Moffat County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vance County community of Greystone.
- Ohio
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greystone ...
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.
- Craig Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Place
- Craig Place is located in Moffat County
- Dinosaur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinosaur
- Dinosaur is located in Moffat County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dinosaur <5>
- Elk Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Springs
- Elk Springs is located in Moffat County
- Hiawatha ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Jack Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jack Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jack Springs
- Jack Springs is located in Moffat County
- Powder Wash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powder Wash have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Wash
- Powder Wash is located in Moffat County
- Robinson Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Place
- Robinson Place is located in Moffat County
- Sparks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Sunbeam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Greystone 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 Greystone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greystone and extending to:
- Craig, which is the Seat of Moffat County, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Greystone to Craig, with an average speed<6> 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 about three full days.
- Denver, which is the State Capital of Colorado, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,674 miles [2,694 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 96 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,925 miles [11,144.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,692 miles [12,379.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greystone. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Moffat County: www.co.moffat.co.us/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Greystone, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Greystone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greystone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6094, Longitude: -108.6740 In this case, the coordinates for Greystone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Greystone 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Greystone to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.406 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.506 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.932 degrees. |