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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 Foxboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foxboro 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 Foxboro:
- 34.809535, -92.279595
- 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 Foxboro
- 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
- Since Foxboro is near Faulkner County and also Lonoke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faulkner County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lonoke 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 Foxboro
Communities Also Named Foxboro ...
We found five communities that are also named Foxboro.
Within Arkansas, the name Foxboro is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Paulding County
- This Foxboro is located in Paulding County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the east of the Foxboro that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Foxboro.
- Kentucky
- Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Foxboro [Jefferson County].
- Minnesota
- Carlton 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 Minnesota community of Foxboro [Carlton County].
- Ontario
- This Foxboro lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Foxboro that is located in Pulaski County.
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- This Foxboro is located in Douglas County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the north of the Foxboro that is located in Pulaski County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Foxboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxboro ...
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.
- Amboy
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Amboy is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Booker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Booker is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Crystal Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crystal Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Hill
- Dixie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Fairman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairman is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairman
- Little Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Melanie Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Melanie Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melanie Park
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mineral is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Overlook Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Overlook Park is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook Park
- Park Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Park Hill is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Pecan Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Grove is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Tanglewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tanglewood is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timber Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Timber Creek is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
How Far From Foxboro 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 Foxboro to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foxboro and extending to:
- Little Rock, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies just to the South.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Foxboro to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,436 miles [11,967.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,313 miles [8,550.4 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 from Point A (ie- Foxboro) 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 Foxboro 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 Foxboro 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 Foxboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8095, Longitude: -92.2796 In this case, the coordinates for Foxboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.19 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.535 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.362 degrees. |
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