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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 Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklin Heights 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 Heights:
- 38.327060, -75.229912
- 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 Heights
- 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 Worcester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
- Since Franklin Heights is near Wicomico County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Heights
Communities Also Named Franklin Heights ...
We found two communities that are also named Franklin Heights.
Within Maryland, the name Franklin Heights is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Franklin 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 Kentucky community of Franklin Heights [Franklin County].
- Virginia
- Franklin 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 Virginia community of Franklin Heights [Franklin County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklin Heights ...
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.
- Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bramblewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bramblewood is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramblewood
- Briddletown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Briddletown is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briddletown
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Friendship is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Grays Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Corner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
- Holly Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Ironshire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ironshire is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironshire
- Lewis Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Corner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Libertytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Libertytown is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertytown
- Longridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Longridge is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longridge
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mystic Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mystic Harbor is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Harbor
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Salt Grass Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salt Grass Cove is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Grass Cove
- Shingle Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shingle Landing is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Landing
- Snug Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Tanglewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Franklin Heights 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 Franklin Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Franklin Heights and extending to:
- Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Franklin Heights to Snow Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 105 miles [169 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Franklin Heights 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Franklin Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Heights 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 Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3271, Longitude: -75.2299 In this case, the coordinates for Franklin Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.876 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.198 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.193 degrees. |
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