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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 Grassy Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassy Branch 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 Grassy Branch:
- 37.520415, -82.429459
- 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 Grassy Branch
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Grassy Branch is near Floyd County and also Mingo 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 Mingo 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 Grassy Branch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassy Branch ...
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.
- Big Shoal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Shoal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shoal
- Blackburn Bottom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blackburn Bottom is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Bottom
- Coal Run Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Crooked Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crooked Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Fishtrap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fishtrap is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Fords Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Garden Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Hurricane Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
- Joes Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Joes Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Creek
- Justiceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Justiceville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justiceville
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lower Chloe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lower Greasy Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
- Mayo Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Phyllis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Phyllis is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phyllis
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Raccoon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Raccoon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon
- Red Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stanley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Titan Siding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Titan Siding is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding
- Tom Ray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tom Ray is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Ray
- Upper Dick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Dick is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dick
How Far From Grassy Branch 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 community such as Grassy Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grassy Branch and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Grassy Branch to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 307 miles [494.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Grassy Branch) 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 Grassy Branch 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 Grassy Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5204, Longitude: -82.4295 In this case, the coordinates for Grassy Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.155 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.955 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.464 degrees. |
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