Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grafton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grafton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grafton
- 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 Grafton:
- 40.473401, -79.208924
- 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 Grafton
- 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 Indiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Since Grafton is near Westmoreland County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Grafton ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Grafton.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Grafton.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 26 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Grafton is located in Chautauqua County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<2> to the west of the Grafton that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Grafton.
- Wabaunsee 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 Kansas community of Grafton [Wabaunsee County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Grafton lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Grafton that is located in Indiana County.
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Grafton lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Grafton that is located in Indiana County.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Middlesex County
- This Grafton is located in Middlesex County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Grafton that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Grafton.
- York County
- This Grafton is located in York County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km] to the south southeast of the Grafton that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Grafton.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grafton ...
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.
- Black Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lick
- Black Lick is located in Indiana County
- Cokeville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Coral
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral
- Coral is located in Indiana County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coral <5>
- Germany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Grays
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Homer City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer City
- Homer City is located in Indiana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer City <5>
- Josephine
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Josephine is located in Indiana County
- Lewisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Lewisville is located in Indiana County
- Livermore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Marshall Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Marshall Heights is located in Indiana County
- Red Barn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Tearing Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tearing Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tearing Run
- Tearing Run is located in Indiana County
- Tide
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Two Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Grafton 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 Grafton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grafton and extending to:
- Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grafton to Indiana, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,920 miles [9,527.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,512 miles [7,261.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grafton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Indiana County: www.countyofindiana.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
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 Grafton 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grafton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grafton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4734, Longitude: -79.2089 In this case, the coordinates for Grafton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Grafton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grafton 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 309.101 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.057 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.058 degrees. |