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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassy 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:
    • 37.247595, -83.353736
    • 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
  • 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 Leslie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie County
    • Since Grassy is near Perry County and also Breathitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Breathitt 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

Communities Also Named Grassy ...

We found four communities that are also named Grassy.

Within Kentucky, the name Grassy is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Grassy is located in Lauderdale County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Grassy that is located in Leslie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Grassy.
      • Marshall County
      • This Grassy is located in Marshall County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southwest of the Grassy that is located in Leslie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Grassy.
    • Missouri
      • Bollinger County
      • This Grassy is located in Bollinger County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west of the Grassy that is located in Leslie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bollinger County community of Grassy.
    • Utah
      • Emery 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 Utah community of Grassy [Emery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassy ...

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.

  • Bowlingtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowlingtown is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlingtown
  • Busy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Busy is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
  • Butterfly
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Butterfly is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
  • Confluence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Confluence is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
  • Dryhill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dryhill is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryhill
  • Dunraven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunraven is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
  • Gays Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gays Creek is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
  • Krypton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Krypton is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
  • Thousandsticks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
  • Typo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Typo is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Typo

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

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

  • Hyden, which is the Seat of Leslie County, lies just to the South.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Grassy to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,948 miles [11,181.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,823 miles [7,761.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grassy) 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 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 Grassy 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 Grassy 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2476, Longitude: -83.3537       In this case, the coordinates for Grassy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.716 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.558 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.938 degrees.