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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 Graysville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graysville 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 Graysville:
    • 37.713463, -75.678818
    • 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 Graysville
  • 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 Accomack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
    • Since Graysville is near Northampton County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Graysville

Communities Also Named Graysville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Graysville.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Graysville.

Beyond Virginia, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Floyd County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Graysville [Floyd County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Graysville is located in Jefferson County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Graysville.
    • Georgia
      • Catoosa County
      • This Graysville is located in Catoosa County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catoosa County community of Graysville.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This Graysville is located in Clark County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<2> to the west of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Graysville.
      • Sullivan County
      • This Graysville is located in Sullivan County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the west northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Graysville.
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • This Graysville is located in Breckinridge County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<2> to the west of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Graysville.
    • Manitoba
      • This Graysville lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
    • Missouri
      • Putnam County
      • This Graysville is located in Putnam County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Graysville.
    • Ohio
      • Monroe County
      • This Graysville is located in Monroe County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Graysville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Graysville is located in Greene County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Graysville.
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Graysville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the north northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Graysville.
    • Tennessee
      • Rhea County
      • This Graysville is located in Rhea County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of Graysville.
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall County
      • This Graysville is located in Marshall County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Graysville that is located in Accomack County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Graysville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Graysville ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Chancetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chancetown is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancetown
  • Chase Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chase Crossing is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Crossing
  • Deep Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Creek is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Greenbush
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenbush is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
  • High Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • High Woods is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
  • Jordan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jordan is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Justisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Justisville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justisville
  • Locksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Locksville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locksville
  • Locustville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Savageville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Savageville is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savageville
  • Ticktown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Ticktown is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ticktown

How Far From Graysville to ...

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 Graysville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Accomac, which is the Seat of Accomack County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Graysville to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,465 miles [7,185.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Graysville 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Graysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Graysville 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 Graysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7135, Longitude: -75.6788       In this case, the coordinates for Graysville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.177 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.445 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.617 degrees.