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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 Franklin Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Franklin Center 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 Franklin Center:
- 32.729830, -101.031510
- 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 Franklin Center
- 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 Scurry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scurry County
- Since Franklin Center is near Mitchell County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Franklin Center
Communities Also Named Franklin Center ...
We found three communities that are also named Franklin Center.
Within Texas, the name Franklin Center is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk 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 Massachusetts community of Franklin Center [Norfolk County].
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Franklin Center [Delaware County].
- Erie County
- This Franklin Center is located in Erie County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Franklin Center that is located in Scurry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Franklin Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Franklin Center ...
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.
- Brand
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brand is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- China Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- China Grove is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
- Fullerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fullerville is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerville
- Ira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Justiceburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Knapp is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Polar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Polar is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union is located in Scurry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Franklin Center 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 Franklin Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Franklin Center and extending to:
- Snyder, which is the Seat of Scurry County, lies just to the East.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Franklin Center to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,404 miles [2,259.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,885 miles [12,689.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Franklin Center 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Franklin Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Franklin Center 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 Franklin Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7298, Longitude: -101.0315 In this case, the coordinates for Franklin Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.832 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.891 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.613 degrees. |
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