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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 Graysville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graysville 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 Graysville:
    • 37.772284, -86.297474
    • 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 Graysville
  • 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 Breckinridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
    • Since Graysville is near Meade County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Graysville

Communities Also Named Graysville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Graysville.

Within Kentucky, the name Graysville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Graysville is located in Jefferson County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the south of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Graysville.
    • Georgia
      • Catoosa County
      • This Graysville is located in Catoosa County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Graysville.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This Graysville is located in Clark County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the northeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Graysville.
      • Sullivan County
      • This Graysville is located in Sullivan County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the northwest of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Graysville.
    • Manitoba
      • This Graysville lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
    • Missouri
      • Putnam County
      • This Graysville is located in Putnam County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Graysville.
    • Ohio
      • Monroe County
      • This Graysville is located in Monroe County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Graysville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Graysville is located in Greene County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Graysville.
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Graysville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km] to the east northeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Graysville.
    • Tennessee
      • Rhea County
      • This Graysville is located in Rhea County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Graysville.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Graysville is located in Accomack County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the east of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Graysville.
      • Floyd 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 Virginia community of Graysville [Floyd County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall County
      • This Graysville is located in Marshall County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Graysville that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Graysville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Graysville ...

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 Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Big Spring is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Centerview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Centerview is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
  • Codyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Codyville is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codyville
  • Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Corners is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corners
  • Dyer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Haysville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Haysville is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
  • High Plains
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • High Plains is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
  • High Plains Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • High Plains Corner is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains Corner
  • Kingswood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingswood is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Locust Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Hill is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Maples Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Maples Corner is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Corner

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

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

  • Hardinsburg, which is the Seat of Breckinridge County, lies just to the West.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Graysville 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 507 miles [815.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,051 miles [11,347.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,927 miles [7,929.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Graysville) 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 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 Graysville 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 Graysville 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 Graysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7723, Longitude: -86.2975       In this case, the coordinates for Graysville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.542 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.726 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.074 degrees.