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:
- 40.056486, -76.288569
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Grandview Heights is near York County and also Bedford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- eBird sighting report for Bedford 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 is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Grandview Heights.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- York County
- This Grandview Heights is located in York County and lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Grandview Heights.
- York 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 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster 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 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Watauga County community of Grandview Heights.
- Ohio
- Champaign County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Champaign County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the west of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Grandview Heights.
- Franklin County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Franklin County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km] to the west of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster 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 233 miles [375 km] to the west of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grandview Heights.
- Oklahoma
- Muskogee County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Muskogee County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the west of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskogee County community of Grandview Heights.
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- This Grandview Heights is located in Blount County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster 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 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster 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 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grandview Heights that is located in Lancaster 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.
- Clearview
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Eden
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Eden Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Heights
- Eden Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Fertility
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Fruitville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville
- Fruitville is located in Lancaster County
- Garden Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hills
- Garden Hills is located in Lancaster County
- Greenland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Holland Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
- Holland Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Homeland
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Quaker Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hills
- Quaker Hills is located in Lancaster County
- Roseville
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Wheatland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Grandview Heights to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,401 miles [7,082.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grandview Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lancaster County: www.co.lancaster.pa.us/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line 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: 40.0565, Longitude: -76.2886 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 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 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> | 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 Grandview Heights 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 307.363 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.021 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.935 degrees. |