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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 Frankfort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frankfort 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 Frankfort:
- 39.704942, -96.416881
- 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 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Frankfort is near Pottawatomie County and also Nemaha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pottawatomie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nemaha 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 Frankfort
Communities Also Named Frankfort ...
We found 23 communities that are also named Frankfort.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Frankfort.
Beyond Kansas, we know of 21 communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Cowley 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 Frankfort [Cowley County].
- Pottawatomie 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 Frankfort [Pottawatomie County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Franklin County
- This Frankfort is located in Franklin County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Frankfort.
- Illinois
- Franklin County
- This Frankfort is located in Franklin County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall 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 465 miles [748.3 km] to the east northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Frankfort.
- Indiana
- Clinton County
- This Frankfort is located in Clinton County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Frankfort.
- Iowa
- Montgomery 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 Iowa community of Frankfort [Montgomery County].
- Kentucky
- Franklin County
- This Frankfort is located in Franklin County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<2> to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Frankfort.
- Maine
- Waldo County
- This Frankfort is located in Waldo County and lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Frankfort.
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- This Frankfort is located in Benzie County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall 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
- Somerset County
- This Frankfort is located in Somerset County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<2> to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Frankfort.
- New York
- Herkimer County
- This Frankfort is located in Herkimer County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Frankfort.
- 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 670 miles [1,078.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall 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 704 miles [1,133 km] to the east of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Frankfort.
- Oklahoma
- Osage County
- This Frankfort is located in Osage County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<2> to the south of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Frankfort.
- South Dakota
- Spink County
- This Frankfort is located in Spink County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spink County community of Frankfort.
- Tennessee
- Morgan County
- This Frankfort is located in Morgan County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Frankfort that is located in Marshall County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Frankfort.
- Washington
- Pacific 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 Washington community of Frankfort [Pacific County].
- West Virginia
- Frankfort #1
- 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 West Virginia community of Frankfort.
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.
- America City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Bestwall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bestwall is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bestwall
- Blaine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Corning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cottage Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Havensville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lone Elm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Marysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mission ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mission is located in Pawnee County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Reedsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reedsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville has also been known as:
- Hazelville
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 city such as Frankfort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frankfort and extending to:
- Marysville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Frankfort to Marysville, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,035 miles [1,665.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,249 miles [8,447.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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. |
| <2> | 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- Frankfort) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frankfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7049, Longitude: -96.4169 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.337 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.82 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.468 degrees. |
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