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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 Frogtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frogtown 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 Frogtown:
- 41.110720, -79.315917
- 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 Frogtown
- 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 Clarion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarion County
- Since Frogtown is near Armstrong County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Armstrong County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Frogtown
Communities Also Named Frogtown ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Frogtown.
There are four communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Frogtown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Armstrong County
- This Frogtown is located in Armstrong County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Frogtown.
- Huntingdon County
- This Frogtown is located in Huntingdon County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Frogtown.
- Washington County
- This Frogtown is located in Washington County and lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Frogtown.
- York County
- This Frogtown is located in York County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Frogtown.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Oconee County
- This Frogtown is located in Oconee County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Frogtown.
- Illinois
- Clinton 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 Illinois community of Frogtown [Clinton County].
- Washington County
- This Frogtown is located in Washington County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Frogtown.
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- This Frogtown is located in Fayette County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Frogtown.
- Marion County
- This Frogtown is located in Marion County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km] to the southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Frogtown.
- Pike County
- This Frogtown is located in Pike County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Frogtown.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Frogtown is located in Harford County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Frogtown.
- Mississippi
- Scott County
- This Frogtown is located in Scott County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Frogtown.
- Missouri
- Washington County
- This Frogtown is located in Washington County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Frogtown.
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- This Frogtown is located in Clarke County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Frogtown.
- Fauquier County
- This Frogtown is located in Fauquier County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the south southeast of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Frogtown.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Frogtown is located in Logan County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Frogtown that is located in Clarion County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Frogtown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frogtown ...
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.
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Churchville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Crates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Curllsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Frostburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Frostburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostburg
- Kingsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Limestone
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Limestone is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Mayport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Spaces Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spaces Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaces Corners
- Stone House
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone House is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Summerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Frogtown 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 Frogtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frogtown and extending to:
- Clarion, which is the Seat of Clarion County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Frogtown to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,897 miles [9,490.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,491 miles [7,227.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Frogtown) 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 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 Frogtown 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 Frogtown 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 Frogtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1107, Longitude: -79.3159 In this case, the coordinates for Frogtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.129 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.186 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.865 degrees. |
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