Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fredericktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fredericktown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fredericktown
- 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 Fredericktown:
- 39.366223, -75.883828
- 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 Fredericktown
- 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Fredericktown is near Kent County and also New Castle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- eBird sighting report for New Castle 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 Fredericktown ...
We found six communities that share the name Fredericktown.
Within Maryland, the name Fredericktown is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Coffey 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 Kansas community of Fredericktown [Coffey County].
- Kentucky
- Washington County
- This Fredericktown is located in Washington County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<2> to the west of the Fredericktown that is located in Cecil County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fredericktown.
- Missouri
- Madison County
- This Fredericktown is located in Madison County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<2> to the west of the Fredericktown that is located in Cecil County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Fredericktown.
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Fredericktown is located in Columbiana County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fredericktown that is located in Cecil County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Fredericktown.
- Knox County
- This Fredericktown is located in Knox County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the west northwest of the Fredericktown that is located in Cecil County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Fredericktown.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- This Fredericktown is located in Fayette County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fredericktown that is located in Cecil County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Fredericktown.
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fredericktown ...
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.
- Cash Corner ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cash Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Cash Corner is located in Cecil County
- Dogwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
- Earleville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleville
- Earleville is located in Cecil County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earleville <4>
- Galena
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Galena is located in Kent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <4>
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Kent County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
- Gregg Neck
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
- Irelands Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irelands Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irelands Corner
- Irelands Corner is located in Kent County
- John Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County
- Pleasant Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove
- Pleasant Cove is located in Kent County
- Sassafras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Sassafras is located in Kent County
How Far From Fredericktown 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 Fredericktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fredericktown and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fredericktown to Elkton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,829 miles [9,380.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fredericktown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cecil County: www.ccgov.org/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.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 Fredericktown 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Fredericktown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fredericktown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3662, Longitude: -75.8838 In this case, the coordinates for Fredericktown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fredericktown 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 307.177 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.702 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.043 degrees. |