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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 Graystone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graystone 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 Graystone:
    • 33.881495, -83.977964
    • 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 Graystone
  • 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 Gwinnett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gwinnett County
    • Since Graystone is near Walton County and also Rockdale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale 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 Graystone

Communities Also Named Graystone ...

We found four communities that are also named Graystone.

Within Georgia, the name Graystone is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Graystone is located in Blount County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the west of the Graystone that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Graystone.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Graystone is located in Hillsborough County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Graystone that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Graystone.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Graystone is located in Baltimore County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Graystone that is located in Gwinnett County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Graystone.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence 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 Rhode Island community of Graystone [Providence County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Graystone ...

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.

  • Cotton Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cotton Creek is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Creek
  • Cricket Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cricket Hill is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
  • Emerald Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Emerald Forest is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Forest
  • Falcon Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Falcon Ridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Ridge
  • Five Forks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Five Forks is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Flowers Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flowers Crossing is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Crossing
  • Murphyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphyville is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphyville
  • Overlook Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Overlook Point is located in Walton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Point
  • River Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • River Bridge is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bridge
  • River Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • River Oak is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oak
  • Rivermist
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rivermist is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivermist
  • Rose Garden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rose Garden is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Garden
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Rosebud
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Rosebud is located in Walton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
    • Sandlewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Sandlewood is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlewood
    • Summer Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Summer Place is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Place
    • Summerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Summerville is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Summit Chase
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Summit Chase is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Chase
    • Sweet Water
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sweet Water is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Timber Trace
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Timber Trace is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trace
    • Twin Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Village is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Village
    • Village Gate
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Village Gate is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Gate
    • Williams Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Williams Place is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Place
    • Willow Wind
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Willow Wind is located in Gwinnett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wind

How Far From Graystone to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Graystone to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lawrenceville, which is the Seat of Gwinnett County, lies just to the North.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Graystone to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 518 miles [833.6 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 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,117 miles [11,453.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,996 miles [8,040.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Graystone) 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 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 Graystone 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 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.
<4>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 Graystone 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 Graystone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8815, Longitude: -83.9780       In this case, the coordinates for Graystone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.018 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.425 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.094 degrees.