Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grassy Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassy Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grassy Hill
- 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 Hill:
- 41.396209, -72.287859
- 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 Hill
- 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 New London County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for New London County
- Since Grassy Hill is near Middlesex County and also Suffolk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk 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 Hill ...
We found one communities that share the name Grassy Hill.
There is one other community in Connecticut which is also named Grassy Hill.
Beyond Connecticut.
- Communities Located In Connecticut ...
- Litchfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Grassy Hill [Litchfield County].
- Litchfield County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassy Hill ...
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.
- Crescent Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
- Crescent Beach is located in New London County
- Crescent Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Crescent Park is located in New London County
- Deep River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Deep River is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deep River <3>
- Flanders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Floral Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floral Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Park
- Floral Park is located in Middlesex County
- Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in New London County
- Giants Neck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Giants Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giants Neck
- Giants Neck is located in New London County
- Golden Spur
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Spur
- Golden Spur is located in New London County
- Hawks Nest Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawks Nest Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest Beach
- Hawks Nest Beach is located in New London County
- Laysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Lyme
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Lyme Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyme Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme Station
- Lyme Station is located in New London County
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- Old Lyme
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Lyme have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
- Old Lyme is located in New London County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Lyme <3>
- Old Lyme Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Lyme Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme Shores
- Old Lyme Shores is located in New London County
- Sandy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Sandy Point is located in New London County
- Silver Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls
- Silver Falls is located in New London County
- Sound View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sound View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound View
- Sound View is located in New London County
- Town Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Landing
- Town Landing is located in New London County
- Old Lyme
How Far From Grassy Hill 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 Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Grassy Hill once stood, the straight-line distance<6> beginning in Grassy Hill and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<6> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Grassy Hill to Hartford, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 304 miles [489.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,175 miles [6,719 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hill 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. |
| <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> | 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> | 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 Grassy Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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- Grassy Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grassy Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3962, Longitude: -72.2879 In this case, the coordinates for Grassy Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.843 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.387 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.596 degrees. |