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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grandview Heights
- 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:
- 39.979786, -83.041018
- 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.
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Grandview Heights is near Madison County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Delaware 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Grandview Heights ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Grandview Heights.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Grandview Heights.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Champaign County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Champaign County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Grandview Heights.
- Jefferson County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the east of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grandview Heights.
- Champaign County
- 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 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the east of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the south of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin 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 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Grandview Heights that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabell County community of Grandview Heights.
- Kentucky
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.
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 903,852 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <3>
- Grove City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Grove City is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,280 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove City <3>
- Highway ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Lincoln Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Marble Cliff
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Parks Mills ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parks Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parks Mills
- Parks Mills is located in Franklin County
- Roseland ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Roseland is located in Franklin County
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Valley Crossing ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Valley Crossing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crossing
- Valley Crossing is located in Franklin County
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 city 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:
- Columbus, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies just to the East.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies just to the east (E).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Grandview Heights to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,819 miles [10,974.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,695 miles [7,555.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Grandview Heights: www.grandviewheights.org/
The official website for Franklin County: www.co.franklin.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grandview Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grandview Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9798, Longitude: -83.0410 In this case, the coordinates for Grandview Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.497 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.707 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.964 degrees. |