Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Franklin Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklin Square and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Franklin Square
- 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 Square:
- 40.856170, -80.791746
- 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 Franklin Square
- 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 Columbiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Columbiana County
- Since Franklin Square is near Mahoning County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Mahoning County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Franklin Square ...
We found three communities that share the name Franklin Square.
Within Ohio, the name Franklin Square is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New London 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 Connecticut community of Franklin Square [New London County].
- Illinois
- Will 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 Illinois community of Franklin Square [Will County].
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Franklin Square is located in Nassau County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the east of the Franklin Square that is located in Columbiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Franklin Square.
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklin Square ...
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.
- Eureka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Jordanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordanville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
- Jordanville is located in Columbiana County
- Lisbon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Lisbon is located in Columbiana County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,626 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lisbon <4>
- Lockbridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lockbridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockbridge
- Lockbridge is located in Columbiana County
- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- 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 Mahoning County
- Logtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Longs Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longs Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Crossing
- Longs Crossing is located in Columbiana County
- Newhouse ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Signal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Unionville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Columbiana County
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Willow Grove is located in Columbiana County
- Yankee Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Crossing
- Yankee Crossing is located in Mahoning County
How Far From Franklin Square to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 Square to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Franklin Square and extending to:
- Lisbon, which is the Seat of Columbiana County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Franklin Square to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,689 miles [10,764.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Franklin Square. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Columbiana County: www.columbianacounty.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 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 Square 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Franklin Square) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Franklin Square. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8562, Longitude: -80.7917 In this case, the coordinates for Franklin Square 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 Franklin Square 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 310.06 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.203 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.636 degrees. |