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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 Grassland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassland 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 Grassland:
    • 38.313416, -83.676827
    • 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 Grassland
  • 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
    • Since Grassland is near Fleming County and also Bath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fleming County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath 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 Grassland

Communities Also Named Grassland ...

We found nine communities that are also named Grassland.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Grassland.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Edmonson 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 Kentucky community of Grassland [Edmonson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Grassland is located in Cherokee County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Grassland that is located in Boyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Grassland.
    • Alberta
      • This Grassland lies 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Grassland that is located in Boyd County.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Grassland [Saint Clair County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Grassland is located in Delaware County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grassland that is located in Boyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Grassland.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This Grassland is located in Williamson County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<2> to the southwest of the Grassland that is located in Boyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Grassland.
    • Texas
      • Lynn County
      • This Grassland is located in Lynn County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Grassland that is located in Boyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynn County community of Grassland.
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Grassland is located in Orange County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<2> to the east of the Grassland that is located in Boyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Grassland.
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison 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 West Virginia community of Grassland [Harrison County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassland ...

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.

  • Carpentersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Carpentersville is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Craintown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Craintown is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown
  • Farmville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmville is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
  • Locust
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Locust is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
  • Muses Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
  • Olive Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Olive Branch is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Pebble
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pebble is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
  • Poplar Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Poplar Plains is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Plains
  • Red Bush
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Bush is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bush
  • Sharkey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharkey is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkey
  • Stringtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Sunset
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sunset is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Wyoming
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wyoming is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming

How Far From Grassland 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 Grassland to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Catlettsburg, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Grassland to Catlettsburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Grassland 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' (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- Grassland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Grassland 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 Grassland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3134, Longitude: -83.6768       In this case, the coordinates for Grassland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.914 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.939 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.765 degrees.