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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 Grady, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grady and the surrounding area.
- 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 Grady:
- 34.003712, -85.167450
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Grady
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Grady is near Floyd County and also Haralson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Haralson 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Grady
Communities Also Named Grady ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Grady.
Within Georgia, the name Grady is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Montgomery County
- This Grady is located in Montgomery County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Grady.
- Arkansas
- Lincoln County
- This Grady is located in Lincoln County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Grady.
- Florida
- Lafayette County
- This Grady is located in Lafayette County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Grady.
- Mississippi
- Webster County
- This Grady is located in Webster County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Grady.
- Missouri
- Reynolds County
- This Grady is located in Reynolds County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the northwest of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Grady.
- New Mexico
- Curry County
- This Grady is located in Curry County and lies 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Curry County community of Grady.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Grady lies 1,953 miles [3,143 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- North Carolina
- Robeson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grady [Robeson County].
- Oklahoma
- Jefferson County
- This Grady is located in Jefferson County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grady.
- Tennessee
- McMinn County
- This Grady is located in McMinn County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Grady.
- Texas
- Fisher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Grady [Fisher County].
- Liberty County
- This Grady is located in Liberty County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Grady.
- Martin County
- This Grady is located in Martin County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km] to the west of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Grady.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- This Grady is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grady that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Grady.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grady ...
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.
- Brewers ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brewers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers
- Cedartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fish
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fish is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish
- Fish Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fish Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamlet is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Lake Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Creek
- Red Ore ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Ore is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ore
- Relay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Relay is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay
How Far From Grady 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 Grady 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<4> community of Grady once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Grady and extending to:
- Cedartown, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the West.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Grady to Atlanta, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 563 miles [906.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,166 miles [11,532.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,043 miles [8,115.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grady) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Grady 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Grady, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Grady to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grady. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0037, Longitude: -85.1675 In this case, the coordinates for Grady have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.725 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.257 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.534 degrees. |
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