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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 Franklinville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklinville 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 Franklinville:
- 40.179552, -75.277677
- 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 Franklinville
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Franklinville is near Indiana County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Franklinville
Communities Also Named Franklinville ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Franklinville.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Franklinville.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Huntingdon County
- This Franklinville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Franklinville.
- Philadelphia County
- This Franklinville is located in Philadelphia County and lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Franklinville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Lowndes County
- This Franklinville is located in Lowndes County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Franklinville.
- Illinois
- McHenry County
- This Franklinville is located in McHenry County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Franklinville.
- Kansas
- Ness County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Franklinville [Ness County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Franklinville is located in Baltimore County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Franklinville.
- Carroll County
- This Franklinville is located in Carroll County and lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west southwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Franklinville.
- Frederick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Franklinville [Frederick County].
- Missouri
- Shelby County
- Although located in Shelby County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Franklinville.
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- This Franklinville is located in Gloucester County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Franklinville.
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This Franklinville is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Franklinville.
- North Carolina
- Randolph County
- This Franklinville is located in Randolph County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the southwest of the Franklinville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Franklinville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklinville ...
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.
- Acorn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Acorn is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Blue Bell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Broad Axe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clover Crest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Crest
- Far-A-Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Far-A-Field is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Far-A-Field
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Helen Marie Court
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Helen Marie Court is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Marie Court
- Imperial Arms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Imperial Arms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Arms
- Meadow Wick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Wick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wick
- Mermaid Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mermaid Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Estates
- Merrybrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Merrybrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrybrook
- Mews at Blue Bell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mews at Blue Bell is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mews at Blue Bell
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Parsons Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parsons Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Glen
- Rose Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rose Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Spring House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Springtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Springtown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Stuarts Keep
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stuarts Keep is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuarts Keep
- Sugarvalley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugarvalley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarvalley
- Townline
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Townline is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townline
- Village Circle
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Village Circle is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Circle
- Wooded Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wooded Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooded Pond
How Far From Franklinville 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 Franklinville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Franklinville and extending to:
- Norristown, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Franklinville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Franklinville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Franklinville 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. |
| <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 Franklinville 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 Franklinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1796, Longitude: -75.2777 In this case, the coordinates for Franklinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.347 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.447 degrees. |
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