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:
41.962318, -72.839543
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.
We found two communities that share the name Granby.
Within Connecticut, the name Granby is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Oswego County
This Granby is located in Oswego County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Granby that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Granby.
Vermont
Essex County
This Granby is located in Essex County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Granby that is located in Hartford County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Granby.
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.
Firetown (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firetown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 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:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Granby to Hartford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 305 miles [490.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,594 miles [9,002.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,179 miles [6,725.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 things 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: 41.9623, Longitude: -72.8395 In this case, the coordinates for Granby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
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.
<5>
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.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.099 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.769 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.568 degrees.