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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 Freemont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freemont 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 Freemont:
    • 36.972834, -88.611993
    • 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 Freemont
  • 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 McCracken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken County
    • Since Freemont is near Graves County and also Massac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Graves County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Massac 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 Freemont

Communities Also Named Freemont ...

We found eight communities that are also named Freemont.

Within Kentucky, the name Freemont is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Gadsden County
      • This Freemont is located in Gadsden County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Freemont that is located in McCracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gadsden County community of Freemont.
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Freemont [Steuben County].
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Freemont [Winona County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Freemont is located in Chester County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Freemont that is located in McCracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Freemont.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Freemont lies 1,486 miles [2,391.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Freemont that is located in McCracken County.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Freemont is located in Horry County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Freemont that is located in McCracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Freemont.
    • Tennessee
      • Grundy County
      • This Freemont is located in Grundy County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Freemont that is located in McCracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Freemont.
    • Virginia
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Freemont [Carroll County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Freemont ...

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.

  • Hardmoney
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hardmoney is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardmoney
  • Krebs
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Krebs is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
  • Littleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Littleville is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
  • Lone Oak
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oaks is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
  • Riverview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverview is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Shady Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Shady Grove is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Woodlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Freemont to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Freemont to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Freemont and extending to:

  • Paducah, which is the Seat of McCracken County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Freemont to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freemont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Freemont 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.
<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 Freemont 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 Freemont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9728, Longitude: -88.6120       In this case, the coordinates for Freemont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.979 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.268 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.301 degrees.