Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grit and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grit
- 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 Grit:
- 30.783496, -99.319907
- 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 Grit
- 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 Mason County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Since Grit is near Menard County and also McCulloch County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Menard County
- eBird sighting report for McCulloch 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 Grit ...
We found two communities that share the name Grit.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Grit.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Grit in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grit ...
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.
- Art
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Art have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Art is located in Mason County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Art <4>
- Calf Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calf Creek
- Calf Creek is located in McCulloch County
- Camp Air
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Grossville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grossville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossville
- Grossville is located in Mason County
- London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- London is located in Kimble County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for London <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to London
- From Grit to London
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mason is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,347 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mason
- From Grit to Mason
- Saline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Streeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter
- Streeter is located in Mason County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Streeter
- From Grit to Streeter
- Twentymile Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twentymile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentymile Crossing
- Twentymile Crossing is located in Menard County
How Far From Grit 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 Grit to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grit and extending to:
- Mason, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Grit to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,920 miles [12,746 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grit. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 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 Grit 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grit) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7835, Longitude: -99.3199 |
| <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 Grit 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 321.358 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.909 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.973 degrees. |