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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:
    • 33.635405, -83.029873
    • 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 Grantville
  • 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since Grantville is near Oglethorpe County and also Taliaferro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taliaferro 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 Grantville

Communities Also Named Grantville ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Grantville.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Grantville.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Coweta County
      • This Grantville is located in Coweta County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grantville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Grantville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<2> 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 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km]<1> to the west of the Grantville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Grantville.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Grantville is located in Litchfield County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Grantville.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Grantville is located in Jefferson County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grantville that is located in Greene 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 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Greene 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 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grantville that is located in Greene 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 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Greene County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Grantville is located in Dauphin County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grantville that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Grantville.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<2> 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.

  • Bowling Green ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowling Green is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Centerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Daniel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Daniel is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
  • Daniel Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Daniel Springs is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Springs
    • Estimated population in 2019: 594 people
  • Flat Rock ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Hillman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Hillman is located in Taliaferro County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
  • Hogan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hogan is located in Oglethorpe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
  • Maxeys
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mosquito Crossing
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mosquito Crossing is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Crossing
  • Swaggy Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Swaggy Valley is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swaggy Valley
    • Estimated population in 2019: 7,542 people
  • Temperance Bell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Temperance Bell is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Bell
  • Union Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)

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 and using the location of where the historic community of Grantville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Grantville and extending to:

  • Greensboro, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grantville to Greensboro, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,964 miles [7,988.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- Grantville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<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 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Grantville 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 Grantville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6354, Longitude: -83.0299       In this case, the coordinates for Grantville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.458 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.745 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.789 degrees.