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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 Grantville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grantville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Grantville:
    • 41.951465, -73.156704
    • 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 Grantville
  • 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 Grantville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Grantville.

Within Connecticut, the name Grantville is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Grantville [Cherokee County].
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Grantville is located in San Diego County and lies 2,464 miles [3,965.4 km]<2> to the west of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Grantville.
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • This Grantville is located in Coweta County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Grantville.
      • Greene County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grantville [Greene County].
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Grantville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,189 miles [1,913.5 km]<2> to the west of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grantville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Grantville is located in Norfolk County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Grantville.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Grantville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Grantville.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grantville [Buncombe County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Grantville lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Grantville is located in Dauphin County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Grantville that is located in Litchfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Grantville.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Grantville [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grantville ...

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.

  • Burrville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burrville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
    • Burrville is located in Litchfield County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Burrville
    • From Grantville to Burrville
  • Drakeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Huntsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
    • Huntsville is located in Litchfield County
  • Kelly Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Corner
    • Kelly Corner is located in Litchfield County
  • Lower City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower City
    • Lower City is located in Litchfield County
  • Nelsons Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsons Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsons Corner
    • Nelsons Corner is located in Litchfield County
  • Robertsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
    • Robertsville is located in Litchfield County
  • Turkey Cobble
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Cobble have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Cobble
    • Turkey Cobble is located in Litchfield County
  • Yelping Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yelping Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelping Hill
    • Yelping Hill is located in Litchfield County

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

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

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Grantville to Hartford, with an average speed<6> 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 just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,193 miles [6,748 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grantville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.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 Grantville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grantville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9515, Longitude: -73.1567       In this case, the coordinates for Grantville 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Grantville 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<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 Grantville 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 305.291 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.984 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.716 degrees.




 

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