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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 Frontier Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frontier Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Frontier Village:
    • 33.729271, -96.587770
    • 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 Frontier Village
  • 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
    • Since Frontier Village is near Bryan County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Frontier Village

Communities Also Named Frontier Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Frontier Village.

Within Texas, the name Frontier Village is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Frontier Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Dakota
      • Stutsman County
      • This Frontier Village is located in Stutsman County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the north of the Frontier Village that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stutsman County community of Frontier Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Frontier Village ...

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.

  • Carpenters Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Carpenters Bluff is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Bluff
  • Cartwright
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fink
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fink is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink
  • Gage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gage is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
  • Hanger
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hanger is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanger
  • Joe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Joe is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
  • Pickwick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Pickwick is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
  • Red River City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Red River City is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
  • Terrace
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Terrace is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
  • Tribune
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Tribune is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
  • Twin City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin City is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
  • Willow Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Willow Spring is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Spring
  • Woodlake Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodlake Park is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Park

How Far From Frontier Village 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 Frontier Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frontier Village and extending to:

  • Sherman, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies just to the South.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Frontier Village to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,662 miles [12,330.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,543 miles [8,920.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Frontier Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Frontier Village 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 Frontier Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7293, Longitude: -96.5878       In this case, the coordinates for Frontier Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.917 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.578 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.454 degrees.