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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 Grantwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grantwood 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 Grantwood:
    • 38.554220, -90.345117
    • 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 Grantwood
  • 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 Saint Louis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
    • Since Grantwood is near Saint Louis City and also Saint Clair County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Clair 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 Grantwood

Communities Also Named Grantwood ...

We found three communities that are also named Grantwood.

Within Missouri, the name Grantwood is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Grantwood [Bergen County].
      • Hudson County
      • This Grantwood is located in Hudson County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grantwood that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hudson County community of Grantwood.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Grantwood is located in Harris County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Grantwood that is located in Saint Louis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Grantwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grantwood ...

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.

  • Dutchtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dutchtown is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Ellendale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ellendale is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Green Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Park is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,614 people
  • Hi-Pointe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hi-Pointe is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hi-Pointe
  • Ivory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ivory is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
  • Kings Oak
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Oak is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Oak
  • Lake Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Junction is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Junction
  • Maplewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,074 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Rock Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Springs is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Sunset Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Hills is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,448 people
  • Tower Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tower Grove is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Grove
  • Vulcan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Vulcan is located in Saint Clair County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

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

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

  • Clayton, which is the Seat of Saint Louis County, lies just to the North.
  • Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Grantwood to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 716 miles [1,152.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,061 miles [8,144.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grantwood 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.
<2>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- Grantwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Grantwood 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 Grantwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5542, Longitude: -90.3451       In this case, the coordinates for Grantwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.166 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.852 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.734 degrees.