Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grays Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grays Valley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grays Valley

• 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 Grays Valley:
  • 37.452547, -93.980495
  • 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 Grays Valley

• 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 Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dade County
  • Since Grays Valley is near Barton County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Grays Valley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grays Valley ...

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.

• Cedarville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cedarville is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
• Crisp
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Crisp is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
• Fiddlers Ford
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fiddlers Ford is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Ford
• Golden City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden City is located in Barton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden City <1>
• Grays Point
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Grays Point is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Point
• Greenfield
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greenfield is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,315 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenfield <1>
• Kings Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kings Point is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
• Pilgrim
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pilgrim is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
• Round Grove
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Round Grove is located in Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
• Tingley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Tingley is located in Cedar County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
• Turnback ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Turnback is located in Dade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnback
• Zodiac
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Zodiac is located in Vernon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zodiac

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grays Valley and extending to:

• Greenfield, which is the Seat of Dade County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Grays Valley to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,376 miles [11,870.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,259 miles [8,463.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'