Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grafton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grafton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grafton
- 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 Grafton:
- 43.330439, -93.068703
- 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 Grafton
- 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 Worth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Worth County
- Since Grafton is near Mitchell County and also Cerro Gordo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- eBird sighting report for Cerro Gordo 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 Grafton ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Grafton.
Within Iowa, the name Grafton is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 26 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Grafton is located in Chautauqua County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Grafton that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Grafton.
- Wabaunsee 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 Kansas community of Grafton [Wabaunsee County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Grafton lies 1,266 miles [2,037.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grafton that is located in Worth County.
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Grafton lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grafton that is located in Worth County.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon 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 Pennsylvania community of Grafton [Huntingdon County].
- Indiana County
- This Grafton is located in Indiana County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<2> to the east of the Grafton that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Grafton.
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Middlesex County
- This Grafton is located in Middlesex County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Grafton that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Grafton.
- York County
- This Grafton is located in York County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km] to the east southeast of the Grafton that is located in Worth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Grafton.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grafton ...
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.
- Carpenter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Dixie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Manly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manly
- Manly is located in Worth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manly <5>
- Mitchell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Mitchell is located in Mitchell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County
- Rock Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
- Rock Falls is located in Cerro Gordo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Stacyville Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stacyville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacyville Junction
- Stacyville Junction is located in Mitchell County
How Far From Grafton 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 city such as Grafton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grafton and extending to:
- Northwood, which is the Seat of Worth County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grafton to Northwood, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,301 miles [10,140.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,953 miles [7,971.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grafton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.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 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 Grafton 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> | 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- Grafton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grafton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3304, Longitude: -93.0687 In this case, the coordinates for Grafton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Grafton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grafton 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 318.144 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.766 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.958 degrees. |