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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 Grand Valley Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand Valley Acres 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 Grand Valley Acres:
- 39.705101, -76.968870
- 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 Grand Valley Acres
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Grand Valley Acres is near York County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Grand Valley Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Valley Acres ...
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.
- Advocates Choice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Advocates Choice is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advocates Choice
- Brothers Delight
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brothers Delight is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothers Delight
- Cherrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cherrytown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Cranberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cranberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Deep Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Deep Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Run
- Dug Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dug Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
- Greenfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hobart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobart is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Holland Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Hills
- Meadow View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadow View is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Park Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Park Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Reeds Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Royal Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
- Silver Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
- Silver Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Silver Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
- Spring Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Meadow is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Twin Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Union Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Mills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Valley Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Vista
- Whispering Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Valley
How Far From Grand Valley Acres to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grand Valley Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grand Valley Acres and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Grand Valley Acres to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grand Valley Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Grand Valley Acres 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 Grand Valley Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7051, Longitude: -76.9689 In this case, the coordinates for Grand Valley Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.795 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.456 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.37 degrees. |
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