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:
- 37.532828, -95.824426
- 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 Wilson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wilson County
- Since Fredonia is near Elk County and also Greenwood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Elk County
- eBird sighting report for Greenwood 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.
There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Fredonia.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- This Fredonia is located in Coffee County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Fredonia that is located in Wilson 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 383 miles [616.4 km] to the east southeast of the Fredonia that is located in Wilson 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 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east of the Fredonia that is located in Wilson 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 595 miles [957.6 km] to the east southeast of the Fredonia that is located in Wilson 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 358 miles [576.1 km]<2> to the south of the Fredonia that is located in Wilson 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 492 miles [791.8 km] to the south southwest of the Fredonia that is located in Wilson 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.
- Buffalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Buffville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Cave Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Cave Springs is located in Elk County
- Coyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyville
- Coyville is located in Wilson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Crane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Elk City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Elk City is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Fall River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fall River <5>
- Rest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Roper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Roper is located in Wilson County
How Far From Fredonia 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 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:
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fredonia to Topeka, 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,442 miles [11,976.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fredonia: www.fms.fredoniaks.com/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 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. |
| <2> | 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- 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: 37.5328, Longitude: -95.8244 In this case, the coordinates for Fredonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fredonia, 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 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 319.773 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.891 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.549 degrees. |