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41.298429, -73.478734
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We found thirteen communities that share the name Fox Hill.
Within Connecticut, the name Fox Hill is unique.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Sebastian County
This Fox Hill is located in Sebastian County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Fox Hill.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Fox Hill is located in Morgan County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the west of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fox Hill.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Fox Hill is located in Calvert County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Fox Hill.
Howard County
This Fox Hill is located in Howard County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km] to the southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Fox Hill.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Fox Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Fox Hill.
New Brunswick
This Fox Hill lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
New Jersey
Morris County
This Fox Hill is located in Morris County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Fox Hill.
New York
Saratoga County
This Fox Hill is located in Saratoga County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Fox Hill.
Pennsylvania
Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Fox Hill [Chester County].
Franklin County
This Fox Hill is located in Franklin County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fox Hill.
Luzerne County
This Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the west of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Fox Hill.
Potter County
This Fox Hill is located in Potter County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the west northwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Fox Hill.
Virginia
Hampton City
This Fox Hill is located in Hampton City and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Fairfield County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Fox Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Hill ...
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.
Boston (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fox Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Hill and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Fox Hill to Hartford, with an average speed<5> 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 over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,231 miles [6,809.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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- Fox Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2984, Longitude: -73.4787 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Fox Hill 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>
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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Fox Hill 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 305.564 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.184 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.166 degrees.