Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Frogtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frogtown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Frogtown
- 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 Frogtown:
- 37.590341, -85.372462
- 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 Frogtown
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Frogtown is near Nelson County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Frogtown ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Frogtown.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Frogtown.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Fayette County
- Pike County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Clinton 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 Illinois community of Frogtown [Clinton County].
- Washington County
- This Frogtown is located in Washington County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Frogtown.
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- This Frogtown is located in Armstrong County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Frogtown.
- Clarion County
- This Frogtown is located in Clarion County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km] to the northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Frogtown.
- Huntingdon County
- This Frogtown is located in Huntingdon County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km] to the east northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Frogtown.
- Washington County
- This Frogtown is located in Washington County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Frogtown.
- York County
- This Frogtown is located in York County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the east northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Frogtown.
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Frogtown is located in Clarke County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Frogtown.
- Fauquier County
- This Frogtown is located in Fauquier County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km] to the east northeast of the Frogtown that is located in Marion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Frogtown.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frogtown ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bearwallow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Bearwallow is located in Washington County
- Belltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Belltown is located in Marion County
- Calvary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Gandertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gandertown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandertown
- Gandertown is located in Marion County
- Gethsemane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gethsemane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Gethsemane is located in Nelson County
- Gleanings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Holy Cross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holy Cross have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross
- Holy Cross is located in Marion County
- Jessietown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessietown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessietown
- Jessietown is located in Marion County
- Jimtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Peck Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Willowtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown
- Willowtown is located in Taylor County
How Far From Frogtown 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 Frogtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frogtown and extending to:
- Lebanon, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Frogtown to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 460 miles [740.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,300 miles [10,138.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,020 miles [11,297.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,896 miles [7,879.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Frogtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Frogtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frogtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5903, Longitude: -85.3725 In this case, the coordinates for Frogtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Frogtown 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> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Frogtown 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 312.96 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.033 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.714 degrees. |