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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 Frog Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frog Pond 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 Frog Pond:
- 36.544167, -85.973502
- 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 Frog Pond
- 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 Macon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Since Frog Pond is near Monroe County and also Allen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Frog Pond
Communities Also Named Frog Pond ...
We found four communities that are also named Frog Pond.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Frog Pond.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Dickson County
- This Frog Pond is located in Dickson County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Frog Pond that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Frog Pond.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale 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 Alabama community of Frog Pond [Lauderdale County].
- North Carolina
- Cherokee 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 North Carolina community of Frog Pond [Cherokee County].
- Stanly County
- This Frog Pond is located in Stanly County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Frog Pond that is located in Macon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Frog Pond.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frog Pond ...
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.
- Beech Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Beech Bottom is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
- Days Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Days Crossroads is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Crossroads
- Green Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Valley is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Kirby
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirby is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Long Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Maple Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Pumpkintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pumpkintown is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Red Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunrise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sycamore Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore Valley is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Valley
How Far From Frog Pond 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 Frog Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frog Pond and extending to:
- Lafayette, which is the Seat of Macon County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Frog Pond to Nashville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 514 miles [827.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,092 miles [11,413.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 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- Frog Pond) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Frog Pond 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 Frog Pond 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 Frog Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5442, Longitude: -85.9735 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.309 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.286 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.248 degrees. |
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