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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 Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklin Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Junction:
    • 41.671995, -84.414393
    • 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 Junction
  • 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 Williams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williams County
    • Since Franklin Junction is near Hillsdale County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Junction

Communities Also Named Franklin Junction ...

We found four communities that are also named Franklin Junction.

Within Ohio, the name Franklin Junction is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Houghton 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 Michigan community of Franklin Junction [Houghton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Franklin Junction is located in Luzerne County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the east of the Franklin Junction that is located in Williams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Franklin Junction.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania 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 Junction [Pittsylvania County].
      • Suffolk City
      • This Franklin Junction is located in Suffolk City and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Franklin Junction that is located in Williams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Franklin Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklin Junction ...

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.

  • Buckeye ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckeye is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Deer Lick ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Lick is located in Williams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
  • Hillcrest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Williams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holiday City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Holiday City is located in Williams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
  • Jim Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jim Town is located in Williams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Town
  • Kunkle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kunkle is located in Williams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunkle
  • Lime Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lime Creek is located in Lenawee County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Creek
  • Lock Port
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lock Port is located in Williams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Port
  • Pioneer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Powers ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Powers is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Powers has also been known as:
    • Powers Station
  • Prattville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Prattville is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
  • Ransom
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ransom is located in Hillsdale County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
  • Zone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Zone is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zone

How Far From Franklin Junction 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 Franklin Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Franklin Junction and extending to:

  • Bryan, which is the Seat of Williams County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Franklin Junction to Bryan, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Junction 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- Franklin Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Junction 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 Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6720, Longitude: -84.4144       In this case, the coordinates for Franklin Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.331 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.905 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.06 degrees.