Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Frankfort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frankfort and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Frankfort
- 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 Frankfort:
- 41.032769, -95.134156
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Frankfort
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Frankfort is near Pottawattamie County and also Page County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pottawattamie County
- eBird sighting report for Page 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Frankfort ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Frankfort.
Within Iowa, the name Frankfort is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Franklin County
- This Frankfort is located in Franklin County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Frankfort that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Frankfort.
- Will County
- This Frankfort is located in Will County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Frankfort.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Cowley 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 Frankfort [Cowley County].
- Marshall County
- This Frankfort is located in Marshall County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Frankfort that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Frankfort.
- Pottawatomie 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 Frankfort [Pottawatomie County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- This Frankfort is located in Benzie County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benzie County community of Frankfort.
- Macomb County
- 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 Michigan community of Frankfort [Macomb County].
- Missouri
- Webster County
- Although located in Webster County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Frankfort.
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Crawford County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Frankfort.
- Guernsey County
- This community is historic and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Frankfort.
- Lucas County
- This Frankfort is located in Lucas County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Frankfort.
- Ross County
- This Frankfort is located in Ross County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km] to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Frankfort.
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frankfort ...
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.
- Climax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Dickieville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickieville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickieville
- Dickieville is located in Adams County
- Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Hepburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Lincoln Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Center
- Lincoln Center is located in Adams County
- Red Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Red Oak is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,271 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Oak <5>
- Strand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Tenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenville
- Tenville is located in Montgomery County
How Far From Frankfort 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 Frankfort 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 community of Frankfort once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Frankfort and extending to:
- Red Oak, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Frankfort to Des Moines, with an average speed<6>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 967 miles [1,556.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,240 miles [11,651.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Frankfort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frankfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0328, Longitude: -95.1342 In this case, the coordinates for Frankfort 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Frankfort 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. |
| <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 Frankfort, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Frankfort to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.515 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.039 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.557 degrees. |