Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Front Royal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Front Royal and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Front Royal
- 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 Front Royal:
- 40.298678, -82.261818
- 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 Front Royal
- 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 Knox County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- Since Front Royal is near Licking County and also Coshocton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Licking County
- eBird sighting report for Coshocton 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 Front Royal ...
We found one communities that share the name Front Royal.
Within Ohio, the name Front Royal is unique.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Front Royal in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Warren County
- This Front Royal is located in Warren County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Front Royal that is located in Knox County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Front Royal.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Front Royal ...
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.
- Bluff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Fallsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Frampton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Henpeck ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Howard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Howard is located in Knox County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howard <4>
- Long Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Knox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsburg <4>
- Owls Town ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Pipesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipesville
- Pipesville is located in Knox County
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Front Royal 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 Front Royal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Front Royal once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Front Royal and extending to:
- Mount Vernon, which is the Seat of Knox County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Front Royal to Mount Vernon, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,649 miles [7,481.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Knox County: www.knoxcountyohio.org/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Front Royal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Front Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2987, Longitude: -82.2618 In this case, the coordinates for Front Royal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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 Front Royal, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Front Royal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.00 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.189 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.503 degrees. |