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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 Frog City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frog City 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 Frog City:
- 37.092499, -89.255311
- 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 Frog City
- 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 Alexander County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alexander County
- Since Frog City is near Pulaski County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Frog City
Communities Also Named Frog City ...
We found one communities that are also named Frog City.
Within Illinois, the name Frog City is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Frog City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- This Frog City is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Frog City that is located in Alexander County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Frog City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frog City ...
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.
- America
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- America is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America
- Cache
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clank is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clank
- Future City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Lily
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Golden Lily is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lily
- Mound City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mounds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Olive Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Price Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Price Landing is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Landing
- Pryortown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pryortown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryortown
- Tankville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tankville is located in Alexander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tankville
- Unity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Frog City 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 Frog City 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<3> community of Frog City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Frog City and extending to:
- Cairo, which is the Seat of Alexander County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Frog City to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,082 miles [8,178.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Frog City) 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> | 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 Frog City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Frog City 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 Frog City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0925, Longitude: -89.2553 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.395 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.764 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.562 degrees. |
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