Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fritz, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fritz and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fritz
- 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 Fritz:
- 37.701481, -83.151562
- 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 Fritz
- 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
- Since Fritz is near Breathitt County and also Wolfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Fritz ...
We found five communities that share the name Fritz.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Fritz.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crittenden 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 Arkansas community of Fritz [Crittenden County].
- Greene County
- This Fritz is located in Greene County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fritz that is located in Magoffin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Fritz.
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming 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 Pennsylvania community of Fritz [Lycoming County].
- Union 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 Pennsylvania community of Fritz [Union County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fritz ...
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.
- Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Craft Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craft Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Fork
- Craft Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Dixie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Edna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Elsie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Gullett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Lakeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Lower Burning Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Burning Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Burning Fork
- Lower Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mason
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Mountain Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Valley
- Mountain Valley is located in Breathitt County
- Right Middle Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Right Middle Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Right Middle Fork
- Right Middle Fork is located in Magoffin County
- Sublett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- Sublett is located in Magoffin County
- Wheel Rim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Wheelrim Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheelrim Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelrim Fork
- Wheelrim Fork is located in Morgan County
- Mason
How Far From Fritz 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 Fritz to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fritz and extending to:
- Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fritz to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 341 miles [548.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fritz. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fritz 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 '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- Fritz) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fritz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7015, Longitude: -83.1516 In this case, the coordinates for Fritz 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 Fritz, 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 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 Fritz to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.593 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.483 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.718 degrees. |