Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fredonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fredonia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fredonia
- 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 Fredonia:
- 38.177985, -86.382905
- 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 Fredonia
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Fredonia is near Meade County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Meade County
- eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Fredonia ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Fredonia.
Within Indiana, the name Fredonia is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fredonia [Allen County].
- Wilson County
- This Fredonia is located in Wilson County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the west of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Fredonia.
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- This Fredonia is located in Coffee County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the south of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Fredonia.
- Haywood County
- This Fredonia is located in Haywood County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the southwest of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Fredonia.
- Montgomery County
- This Fredonia is located in Montgomery County and lies 128 miles [206 km] to the south southwest of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fredonia.
- Sequatchie County
- This Fredonia is located in Sequatchie County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the south southeast of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequatchie County community of Fredonia.
- Texas
- Gregg County
- This Fredonia is located in Gregg County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gregg County community of Fredonia.
- Mason County
- This Fredonia is located in Mason County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km] to the west southwest of the Fredonia that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Fredonia.
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fredonia ...
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.
- Artist Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artist Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artist Point
- Artist Point is located in Crawford County
- Carefree
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Cedar Flat
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedar Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cedar Flat
- From Fredonia to Cedar Flat
- Magnolia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Oriole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Riddle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Roberta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roberta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Roberta
- From Fredonia to Roberta
- Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sulphur
- From Fredonia to Sulphur
- Sulphur Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County
- Wolf Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
How Far From Fredonia 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 Fredonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fredonia and extending to:
- English, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fredonia to English, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the north (N). 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 507 miles [815.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,312 miles [10,158.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,037 miles [11,325 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fredonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fredonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fredonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1780, Longitude: -86.3829 |
| <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 Fredonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Fredonia 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. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Fredonia 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 313.604 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.855 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.005 degrees. |