Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Grout Mill:
  • 42.723402, -76.258541
  • 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 Grout Mill

• 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
  • Since Grout Mill is near Cayuga County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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 Grout Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grout Mill ...

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.

• Fair Haven
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fair Haven is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
• Glen Haven
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
• Gregory Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Gregory Landing is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
• Halls Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
• Homer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
• Kelloggsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
• Little York
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Little York is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
• Pratt Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
• Slab City
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Slab City is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
• Summer Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
  • Summer Hill has also been known as:
  • Plato

How Far From Grout Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grout Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grout Mill to Cortland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 267 miles [429.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'