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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 Grassy Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grassy Creek and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Grassy Creek:
    • 36.642915, -79.921152
    • 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 Grassy Creek
  • 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 Henry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
    • Since Grassy Creek is near Martinsville City and also Rockingham County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Martinsville City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockingham 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 Grassy Creek

Communities Also Named Grassy Creek ...

We found six communities that are also named Grassy Creek.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Grassy Creek.

Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Russell County
      • This Grassy Creek is located in Russell County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the west of the Grassy Creek that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Grassy Creek.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Morgan County
      • This Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Grassy Creek that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Grassy Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • This Grassy Creek is located in Ashe County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west of the Grassy Creek that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Grassy Creek.
      • Mitchell County
      • This Grassy Creek is located in Mitchell County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the west southwest of the Grassy Creek that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Grassy Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Grassy Creek is located in Wood County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Grassy Creek that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Grassy Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Polk County
      • This Grassy Creek is located in Polk County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Grassy Creek that is located in Henry County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Grassy Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grassy Creek ...

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.

  • Chestnut Knob
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Knob is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob
  • Craig
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Craig is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
  • Hill Top
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hill Top is located in Martinsville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
  • Horse Pasture
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Horse Pasture is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Pasture
  • Jones Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Creek is located in Martinsville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
  • Marrowbone Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marrowbone Heights is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone Heights
  • Martinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Old Liberty is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty
  • Pleasant Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Rock Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Run is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run

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

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

  • Collinsville, which is the Seat of Henry County, lies just to the North.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Grassy Creek to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,118 miles [9,846 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Grassy Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Grassy Creek 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 Grassy Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6429, Longitude: -79.9212       In this case, the coordinates for Grassy Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.674 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.133 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.699 degrees.