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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grays Landing
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Grays Landing ...
We found four communities that share the name Grays Landing.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Grays Landing.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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].
- 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.
- Georgia
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cats Run Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Run Junction
- Cats Run Junction is located in Fayette County
- Ceylon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Friendship Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
- Friendship Heights is located in Fayette County
- Gates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Glassworks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glassworks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassworks
- Glassworks is located in Greene County
- Griffin
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Lewis Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Crossing
- Lewis Crossing is located in Fayette County
- Little Chicago
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Chicago have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Little Chicago is located in Greene County
- Live Easy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Mapletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Martin
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Masontown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masontown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masontown
- Masontown is located in Fayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,260 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Masontown <4>
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Old Frame
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Paisley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Sunshine
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Frame
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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,568 miles [7,351.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grays Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fayette County: www.fayettepa.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 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grays Landing) to Point B.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). |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.569 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.49 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.61 degrees. |