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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 Frickenger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frickenger 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 Frickenger:
- 36.422286, -91.513196
- 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 Frickenger
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Frickenger is near Oregon County and also Sharp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oregon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharp 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 Frickenger
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frickenger ...
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.
- Cherokee Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Draft ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Draft is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draft
- Green Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Town is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
- Hardy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jeff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff is located in Oregon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff
- King
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- King is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Mammoth Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Many Islands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Many Islands is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Many Islands
- Peach ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Peach is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach
- Saddle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Saddle is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle
- Sellers Store
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sellers Store is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers Store
How Far From Frickenger to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Frickenger 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 Frickenger once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Frickenger and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Frickenger to Salem, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 808 miles [1,300.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,328 miles [11,793.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,206 miles [8,378.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Frickenger, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frickenger) 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 Frickenger 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 Frickenger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4223, Longitude: -91.5132 In this case, the coordinates for Frickenger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.815 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.314 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.723 degrees. |
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