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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 Grangerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grangerville 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 Grangerville:
    • 43.105892, -73.623835
    • 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 Grangerville
  • 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
    • Since Grangerville is near Washington County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Grangerville

Communities Also Named Grangerville ...

We found four communities that are also named Grangerville.

Within New York, the name Grangerville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Macon 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 Georgia community of Grangerville [Macon County].
      • Wayne County
      • This Grangerville is located in Wayne County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Grangerville that is located in Saratoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Grangerville.
    • Missouri
      • Wayne County
      • Although located in Wayne County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Grangerville.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Grangerville is located in Rutland County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Grangerville that is located in Saratoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Grangerville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grangerville ...

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.

  • Bacon Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
  • Coveville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coveville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
  • Deans Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Gates
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gates is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
  • Hickory Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Forest is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Forest
  • Jewell Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Meadowbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Middle Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Quaker Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Quaker Springs is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Springs
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Queens Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Queens Court is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Court
    • Starks Knob
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Starks Knob is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Knob
    • Stonegate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Stonegate is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
    • Victory Mills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Village of Victory
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
      • Village of Victory has also been known as:
      • Victory village
    • Wood Knolls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Wood Knolls is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Knolls

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

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

  • Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Grangerville to Ballston Spa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,172 miles [6,714.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Grangerville 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grangerville) 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 Grangerville 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 Grangerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1059, Longitude: -73.6238    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.427 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.327 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.375 degrees.