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 Grand View:
37.077922, -76.275496
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.
We found twenty communities that share the name Grand View.
Within Virginia, the name Grand View is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yavapai County
This Grand View is located in Yavapai County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Grand View.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Grand View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Grand View.
Idaho
Owyhee County
This Grand View is located in Owyhee County and lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owyhee County community of Grand View.
Indiana
Spencer 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 Indiana community of Grand View [Spencer County].
Kansas
Morris 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 Grand View [Morris County].
Morton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Grand View [Morton County].
Louisiana
Saint James Parish
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Grand View [Saint James Parish].
Maryland
Carroll County
This Grand View is located in Carroll County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Grand View.
Michigan
Cheboygan County
This Grand View is located in Cheboygan County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Grand View.
Monroe County
This Grand View is located in Monroe County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Grand View.
Oceana 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 Michigan community of Grand View [Oceana County].
New York
Rockland 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 New York community of Grand View [Rockland County].
Ohio
Butler County
This Grand View is located in Butler County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Grand View.
Washington County
This Grand View is located in Washington County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Grand View.
Oregon
Umatilla 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 Oregon community of Grand View [Umatilla County].
Pennsylvania
Beaver 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 Grand View [Beaver County].
Bedford County
This Grand View is located in Bedford County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Grand View.
Jefferson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Grand View [Jefferson County].
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Grand View is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Grand View.
Wisconsin
Bayfield County
This Grand View is located in Bayfield County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bayfield County community of Grand View.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Grand View ...
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.
Cedar Park (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grand View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Grand View and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Grand View to Richmond, 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 4 days. 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,517 miles [7,269.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grand View) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grand View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0779, Longitude: -76.2755 In this case, the coordinates for Grand View 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 Grand View 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 . 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 Grand View, 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 Grand View 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 307.556 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.78 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.096 degrees.