Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Frankfort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frankfort and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Frankfort
- 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 Frankfort:
- 36.102572, -84.803558
- 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 Frankfort
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Frankfort is near Cumberland County and also Fentress County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
- eBird sighting report for Fentress 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 Frankfort ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Frankfort.
Within Tennessee, the name Frankfort is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Franklin County
- This Frankfort is located in Franklin County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Frankfort that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Frankfort.
- Will County
- This Frankfort is located in Will County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km] to the north northwest of the Frankfort that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Frankfort.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Frankfort [Cowley County].
- Marshall County
- This Frankfort is located in Marshall County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Frankfort that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Frankfort.
- Pottawatomie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Frankfort [Pottawatomie County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- This Frankfort is located in Benzie County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the north of the Frankfort that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benzie County community of Frankfort.
- Macomb County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Frankfort [Macomb County].
- Missouri
- Webster County
- Although located in Webster County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Frankfort.
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Crawford County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Frankfort.
- Guernsey County
- This community is historic and although located in Guernsey County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Frankfort.
- Lucas County
- This Frankfort is located in Lucas County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the north of the Frankfort that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Frankfort.
- Ross County
- This Frankfort is located in Ross County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km] to the north northeast of the Frankfort that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Frankfort.
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frankfort ...
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.
- Bucklick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Halfway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Henry Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Ford
- Henry Ford is located in Cumberland County
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Morgan County
- Holland Ford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Ford
- Holland Ford is located in Morgan County
- Howard Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Mill
- Howard Mill is located in Morgan County
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Islandford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Potter Ford
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Ford
- Potter Ford is located in Morgan County
How Far From Frankfort to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Frankfort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frankfort and extending to:
- Wartburg, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Frankfort to Wartburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 110 miles [177 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 466 miles [750 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Frankfort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Frankfort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frankfort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1026, Longitude: -84.8036 In this case, the coordinates for Frankfort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Frankfort, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Frankfort 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Frankfort 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 312.58 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.386 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.865 degrees. |