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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 Frankford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frankford 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 Frankford:
- 39.493371, -91.320938
- 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 Frankford
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Frankford is near Ralls County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ralls County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Frankford
Communities Also Named Frankford ...
We found ten communities that are also named Frankford.
Within Missouri, the name Frankford is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Frankford is located in Sussex County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<1> to the east of the Frankford that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Frankford.
- Maryland
- Talbot County
- This Frankford is located in Talbot County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the east of the Frankford that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Frankford.
- Wicomico County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Frankford [Wicomico County].
- Minnesota
- Mower County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Frankford [Mower County].
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Frankford [Sussex County].
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Hancock County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Frankford.
- Ontario
- This Frankford lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Frankford that is located in Pike County.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- This Frankford is located in Philadelphia County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the east of the Frankford that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Frankford.
- Texas
- Collin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Frankford [Collin County].
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- This Frankford is located in Greenbrier County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the east of the Frankford that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Frankford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frankford ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cave City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cave City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Curryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Curryville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curryville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Flint Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Monkey Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Monkey Run is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkey Run
- Prankford
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Prankford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prankford
- Reading
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Reading is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Salt River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Salt River is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt River
How Far From Frankford 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 city such as Frankford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frankford and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Frankford to Bowling Green, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 764 miles [1,229.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Frankford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Frankford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Frankford 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. |
| <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 Frankford 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 Frankford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4934, Longitude: -91.3209 In this case, the coordinates for Frankford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.849 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.766 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.987 degrees. |
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