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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 Franklin Cross Roads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklin Cross Roads 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 Franklin Cross Roads:
- 37.670063, -86.014965
- 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 Franklin Cross Roads
- 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 Hardin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Since Franklin Cross Roads is near Grayson County and also Meade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade 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 Franklin Cross Roads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklin Cross Roads ...
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.
- Cecilia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crest is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Elizabethtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Indian Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Kraft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kraft is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kraft
- Long View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Long View is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Pierce Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Star Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Star Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mills
- Tunnel Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnel Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hills
- Vine Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
How Far From Franklin Cross Roads 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 Franklin Cross Roads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Franklin Cross Roads and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Franklin Cross Roads to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 493 miles [793.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,920 miles [7,918 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Franklin Cross Roads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Franklin Cross Roads 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 Franklin Cross Roads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6701, Longitude: -86.0150 In this case, the coordinates for Franklin Cross Roads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.363 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.506 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.976 degrees. |
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