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 Grant City:
40.486448, -94.413328
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 Grant City
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 Worth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Grant City.
Within Missouri, the name Grant City is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Henry County
This Grant City is located in Henry County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the east of the Grant City that is located in Worth County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Grant City.
Iowa
Sac County
This Grant City is located in Sac County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the north of the Grant City that is located in Worth County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sac County community of Grant City.
Nevada
Nye County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Grant City [Nye County].
New Mexico
Grant County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Grant County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Grant City.
New York
Richmond County
This Grant City is located in Richmond County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the east of the Grant City that is located in Worth County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Grant City.
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
This Grant City is located in Lawrence County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the east of the Grant City that is located in Worth County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Grant City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grant City ...
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.
Lee ‑ Historic (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 town such as Grant City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grant City and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Grant City to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 928 miles [1,493.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,242 miles [11,654.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,135 miles [8,264 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 from Point A (ie- Grant City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grant City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Grant City 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 Grant City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4864, Longitude: -94.4133
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.99 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.364 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.302 degrees.