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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 Frinks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frinks 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 Frinks:
- 41.815066, -77.983892
- 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 Frinks
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since Frinks is near McKean County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Frinks
Communities Also Named Frinks ...
We found one communities that are also named Frinks.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Frinks is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Frinks in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Diego 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 California community of Frinks [San Diego County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frinks ...
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.
- Coneville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coneville is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coneville
- Hebron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Ice Mine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ice Mine is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Mine
- Inez
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Inez is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Lewis Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Sweden
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Sweden Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sweden Valley is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Valley
How Far From Frinks 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 Frinks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Frinks and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Frinks to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 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 Frinks 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' (or 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- Frinks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Frinks 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 Frinks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8151, Longitude: -77.9839 In this case, the coordinates for Frinks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.253 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.975 degrees. |
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