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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 Grays Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grays Landing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Grays Landing:
- 39.832299, -79.918666
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Grays Landing
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Grays Landing is near Greene County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Grays Landing
Communities Also Named Grays Landing ...
We found four communities that are also named Grays Landing.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Grays Landing.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Greene 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 Grays Landing [Greene County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Toombs County
- This Grays Landing is located in Toombs County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Grays Landing that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Toombs County community of Grays Landing.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Grays Landing is located in Aiken County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Grays Landing that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Grays Landing.
- Washington
- Spokane County
- This Grays Landing is located in Spokane County and lies 1,924 miles [3,096.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Grays Landing that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Grays Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grays Landing ...
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.
- Cats Run Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cats Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Run Junction
- Ceylon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ceylon is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
- Friendship Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
- Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Glassworks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glassworks is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassworks
- Griffin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Griffin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Lewis Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
- Little Chicago
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Chicago is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Live Easy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Live Easy is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Easy
- Mapletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mapletown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
- Martin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Martin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Masontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Old Frame
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Frame is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Frame
- Paisley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Paisley is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Sunshine
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Grays Landing to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grays Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grays Landing and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grays Landing to Uniontown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east (E). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about 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 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Grays Landing 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grays Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Grays Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grays Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8323, Longitude: -79.9187 In this case, the coordinates for Grays Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.569 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.49 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.61 degrees. |
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