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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 Grampian Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grampian Hills 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 Grampian Hills:
    • 41.259523, -77.003023
    • 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 Grampian Hills
  • 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 Grampian Hills ...

We found two communities that share the name Grampian Hills.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Grampian Hills.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Grampian Hills in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Clearfield 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 Pennsylvania community of Grampian Hills [Clearfield County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Grampian Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Grampian Hills that is located in Lycoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Grampian Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grampian Hills ...

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.

  • Fairlawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
    • Fairlawn is located in Lycoming County
  • French Settlement
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Settlement
    • French Settlement is located in Lycoming County
  • Garden View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
    • Garden View is located in Lycoming County
  • Hepburnville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hepburnville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburnville
    • Hepburnville is located in Lycoming County
  • Loyalsock ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyalsock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalsock
    • Loyalsock is located in Lycoming County
  • Loyalsockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyalsockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalsockville
    • Loyalsockville is located in Lycoming County
  • Maple Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
    • Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
  • Picture Rocks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picture Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picture Rocks
    • Picture Rocks is located in Lycoming County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 643 people
  • Quiggleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quiggleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiggleville
    • Quiggleville is located in Lycoming County
  • Woodland Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
    • Woodland Park is located in Lycoming County

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

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

  • Williamsport, which is the Seat of Lycoming County, lies just to the South.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Grampian Hills to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,511 miles [10,478.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grampian Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lycoming County: www.lyco.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Grampian Hills 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' (or 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- Grampian Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grampian Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2595, Longitude: -77.0030       In this case, the coordinates for Grampian Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<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 Grampian Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.695 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.587 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.755 degrees.




 

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