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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:
- 40.185610, -83.970215
- 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 Champaign County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
- Since Grandview Heights is near Shelby County and also Miami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami 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.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Grandview Heights.
Beyond Ohio, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Franklin County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Franklin County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the east of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grandview Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Grandview Heights [Franklin County].
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Rankin County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Grandview Heights.
- North Carolina
- Watauga County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Watauga County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Grandview Heights.
- Oklahoma
- Muskogee County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Muskogee County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the east of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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 386 miles [621.2 km] to the east of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Champaign 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.
- Carysville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Christiansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crayon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crayon is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayon
- Lena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosewood is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Sodom ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sodom is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Valentine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Windy Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Windy Corner is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Corner
How Far From Grandview Heights 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 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:
- Urbana, which is the Seat of Champaign County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grandview Heights to Urbana, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,726 miles [7,605.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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: 40.1856, Longitude: -83.9702 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 312.079 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.40 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.325 degrees. |
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