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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 Grady, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grady 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 Grady:
    • 35.346184, -84.516319
    • 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 Grady
  • 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 McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
    • Since Grady is near Polk County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Grady

Communities Also Named Grady ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Grady.

Within Tennessee, the name Grady is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Grady is located in Montgomery County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Grady.
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Grady is located in Lincoln County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Grady.
    • Florida
      • Lafayette County
      • This Grady is located in Lafayette County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Grady.
    • Georgia
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grady [Polk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Webster County
      • This Grady is located in Webster County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Grady.
    • Missouri
      • Reynolds County
      • This Grady is located in Reynolds County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Grady.
    • New Mexico
      • Curry County
      • This Grady is located in Curry County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Curry County community of Grady.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Grady lies 1,857 miles [2,988.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson 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 North Carolina community of Grady [Robeson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Jefferson County
      • This Grady is located in Jefferson County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the west of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grady.
    • Texas
      • Fisher 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 Texas community of Grady [Fisher County].
      • Liberty County
      • This Grady is located in Liberty County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Grady.
      • Martin County
      • This Grady is located in Martin County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km] to the west of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Grady.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Grady is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Grady that is located in McMinn County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Grady.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grady ...

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.

  • Balltown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Balltown is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
  • Bullet Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bullet Creek is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullet Creek
  • Burger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Burger is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger
  • Carlock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Carlock is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
  • Dentville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dentville is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentville
  • Double Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Double Springs is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
  • Goodsprings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
  • Goosetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Goosetown is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetown
  • Heritage Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Heritage Park is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
  • Liberty Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty Hill is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Mashburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mashburn is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashburn
  • Piney Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Prospect
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Prospect is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Seven Cedars
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Seven Cedars is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
    • Sunset View
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset View is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
    • Yancey ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Yancey is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey
    • Zion Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Zion Hill is located in McMinn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

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

  • Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Grady to Nashville, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 479 miles [770.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,080 miles [11,394.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,956 miles [7,975.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grady) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Grady, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Grady 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>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 Grady 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 Grady. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3462, Longitude: -84.5163       In this case, the coordinates for Grady have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.387 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.056 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.941 degrees.