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

  • 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 Grizzle:
    • 36.991774, -82.165413
    • 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 Grizzle
  • 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 Russell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell County
    • Since Grizzle is near Letcher County and also Dickenson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dickenson 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 Grizzle

Communities Also Named Grizzle ...

We found one communities that are also named Grizzle.

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

Beyond Virginia.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Dickenson 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 Grizzle [Dickenson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grizzle ...

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.

  • Carrie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carrie is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
  • Counts
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Counts is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts
  • Fullers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fullers is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
  • Gravel Lick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gravel Lick is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
  • Hazel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hazel is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Jessees Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jessees Mill is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessees Mill
  • Judge ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Judge is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
  • Pondtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pondtown is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondtown
  • Spring City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring City is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Grizzle once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Grizzle and extending to:

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Russell County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Grizzle to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,197 miles [9,973.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,783 miles [7,697.5 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 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 Grizzle 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>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 Grizzle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grizzle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Grizzle 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 Grizzle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9918, Longitude: -82.1654       In this case, the coordinates for Grizzle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.998 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.699 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.512 degrees.