Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Grafton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grafton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Grafton
- 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 Grafton:
- 37.165423, -76.468560
- 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 Grafton
- 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Grafton is near Newport News City and also Poquoson City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Newport News City
- eBird sighting report for Poquoson City
- 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 Grafton ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Grafton.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Grafton.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 26 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Grafton is located in Chautauqua County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the west of the Grafton that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Grafton.
- Wabaunsee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Grafton [Wabaunsee County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- This Grafton lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Grafton that is located in York County.
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Grafton lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Grafton that is located in York County.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Grafton [Huntingdon County].
- Indiana County
- This Grafton is located in Indiana County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Grafton that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Grafton.
- Utah
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grafton ...
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.
- College Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- College Park is located in Newport News City
- Dandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Dare
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dare
- Dare is located in York County
- Evergreen Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Evergreen Shores is located in York County
- Harpersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harpersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpersville
- Harpersville is located in Newport News City
- Harris Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Grove
- Harris Grove is located in York County
- Heritage Hamlet
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hamlet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hamlet
- Heritage Hamlet is located in York County
- Holly Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Hills is located in York County
- Kentucky Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kentucky Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Farms
- Kentucky Farms is located in York County
- Oyster Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Point
- Oyster Point is located in Newport News City
- Poor Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Red Hill Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Village
- Red Hill Village is located in Newport News City
- Willow Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Green
- Willow Green is located in Newport News City
- Woods Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Grafton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grafton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grafton and extending to:
- Yorktown, which is the Seat of York County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Grafton to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 123 miles [197.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grafton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for York County: www.yorkcounty.gov/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grafton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grafton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1654, Longitude: -76.4686 In this case, the coordinates for Grafton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Grafton 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. |
| <3> | 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 Grafton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Grafton 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 307.661 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.913 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.139 degrees. |