Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grub Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grub Hill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Grub Hill

• 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 Grub Hill:
  • 32.086264, -97.279179
  • 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 Grub Hill

• 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 Hill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hill County
  • Since Grub Hill is near Johnson County and also Bosque County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bosque 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 Grub Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grub Hill ...

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.

• Carl's Corner
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Carl's Corner is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl's Corner
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
• Cedar Shores
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Shores is located in Bosque County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
• Cuba
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Cuba is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Files Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Files Valley is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Files Valley
• Grandview
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandview is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,817 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandview <1>
• Lovelace
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lovelace is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
• Mountain View
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• Prairie Valley
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Prairie Valley is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Valley
• Red Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Red Hill is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
• Retreat
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Retreat is located in Hill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grub Hill and extending to:

• Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Hill County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grub Hill to Hillsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,772 miles [12,507.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'