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 Grantsville:
39.943078, -93.113538
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 Grantsville
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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Grantsville.
Within Missouri, the name Grantsville is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Maryland
Garrett County
This Grantsville is located in Garrett County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the east of the Grantsville that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Grantsville.
Mississippi
Noxubee 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 Mississippi community of Grantsville [Noxubee County].
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 Grantsville [Nye County].
Utah
Tooele County
This Grantsville is located in Tooele County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the west of the Grantsville that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tooele County community of Grantsville.
West Virginia
Calhoun County
This Grantsville is located in Calhoun County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the east of the Grantsville that is located in Linn County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Grantsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grantsville ...
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.
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 Grantsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grantsville and extending to:
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Grantsville to Jefferson City, 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 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,109 miles [8,222.1 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- Grantsville) 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 Grantsville, 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 Grantsville 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 Grantsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9431, Longitude: -93.1135 In this case, the coordinates for Grantsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.075 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.238 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.765 degrees.