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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 Frankton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frankton 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 Frankton:
    • 40.221227, -85.771720
    • 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 Frankton
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Frankton is near Hamilton County and also Tipton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tipton 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 Frankton

Communities Also Named Frankton ...

We found one communities that are also named Frankton.

Within Indiana, the name Frankton is unique.

Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Frankton in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Rooks 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 Kansas community of Frankton [Rooks County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Frankton ...

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.

  • Aroma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Aroma is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
  • Bloomer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bloomer is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
  • College Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • College Corner is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Corner
  • Curtisville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Curtisville is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
  • Dundee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Dundee is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Eastern Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastern Heights is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Heights
  • Florida
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Florida is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
  • Grandview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grandview is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Hillcrest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hobbs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Irondale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Irondale is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Leisure
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Leisure is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Moonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Moonville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonville
    • Prosperity
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Prosperity is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
    • Summitville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Summitville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
    • Walnut Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Frankton and extending to:

  • Anderson, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Frankton to Anderson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 473 miles [761.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 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 Frankton 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 from Point A (ie- Frankton) 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 Frankton 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 Frankton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2212, Longitude: -85.7717       In this case, the coordinates for Frankton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.228 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.716 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.154 degrees.