Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grand Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grand Valley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grand Valley
- 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 Grand Valley:
- 41.721171, -79.537550
- 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 Grand Valley
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Grand Valley is near Crawford County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Grand Valley ...
We found four communities that share the name Grand Valley.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Grand Valley is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Grand Valley.
- Michigan
- Ottawa County
- This Grand Valley is located in Ottawa County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Grand Valley that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Grand Valley.
- Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Grand Valley [Beaver County].
- Ontario
- This Grand Valley lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Grand Valley that is located in Warren County.
- Manitoba
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand Valley ...
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.
- Dotyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Fiddlergreen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fiddlergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlergreen
- Fiddlergreen is located in Warren County
- Five Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Five Corners is located in Crawford County
- Hatchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Horn Siding
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn Siding have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Siding
- Horn Siding is located in Warren County
- Magee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Pleasantville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Pleasantville is located in Venango County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasantville <5>
- Spring Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Creek <5>
- Torpedo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Triumph
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Grand Valley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grand Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grand Valley and extending to:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grand Valley to Warren, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grand Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Grand Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Grand Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grand Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7212, Longitude: -79.5375 In this case, the coordinates for Grand Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Grand Valley 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. |
| <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 Grand Valley 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 309.227 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.392 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.733 degrees. |