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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 Grandview Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grandview Heights 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 Grandview Heights:
- 32.255703, -90.136198
- 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 Grandview Heights
- 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 Rankin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rankin County
- Since Grandview Heights is near Hinds County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hinds County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Grandview Heights
Communities Also Named Grandview Heights ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Grandview Heights.
Within Mississippi, the name Grandview Heights is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Franklin 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 Kentucky community of Grandview Heights [Franklin County].
- North Carolina
- Watauga County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Watauga County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Grandview Heights.
- Ohio
- Champaign County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Champaign County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Grandview Heights.
- Franklin County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Franklin County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km] to the north northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Grandview Heights.
- Jefferson County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km] to the northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grandview Heights.
- Oklahoma
- Muskogee County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Muskogee County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskogee County community of Grandview Heights.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Lancaster County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Grandview Heights.
- York County
- This Grandview Heights is located in York County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Grandview Heights.
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Blount County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Grandview Heights.
- Virginia
- Radford City
- This Grandview Heights is located in Radford City and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of Grandview Heights.
- West Virginia
- Cabell County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Cabell County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Rankin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Grandview Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grandview Heights ...
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.
- Choctaw Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Cooks Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Ferry is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Ferry
- Elton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Hickory Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Glen is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Glen
- Kings Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kings Heights is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Heights
- Pearl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plain is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Plainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plainview is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Randall Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Randall Place is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Place
- Skyway Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Skyway Hills is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyway Hills
How Far From Grandview Heights 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 Grandview Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grandview Heights and extending to:
- Brandon, which is the Seat of Rankin County, lies just to the East.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies just to the northwest (NW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 865 miles [1,392.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Grandview Heights to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,750 miles [10,863.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,340 miles [8,593.9 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Grandview Heights 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grandview Heights) 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 Grandview Heights 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 Grandview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2557, Longitude: -90.1362 In this case, the coordinates for Grandview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.606 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.352 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.884 degrees. |
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