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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 Fox Chase, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Chase 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 Fox Chase:
    • 28.131600, -82.346600
    • 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 Fox Chase
  • 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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
    • Since Fox Chase is near Pasco County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Fox Chase

Communities Also Named Fox Chase ...

We found eight communities that are also named Fox Chase.

Within Florida, the name Fox Chase is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • This Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Chase that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Fox Chase.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Fox Chase is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fox Chase that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Fox Chase.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Fox Chase is located in Burlington County and lies 918 miles [1,477.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fox Chase that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Fox Chase.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin 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 Ohio community of Fox Chase [Franklin County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Fox Chase is located in Dauphin County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fox Chase that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Fox Chase.
      • Lancaster 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 Chase [Lancaster County].
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Fox Chase is located in Philadelphia County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the north northeast of the Fox Chase that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Fox Chase.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Fox Chase is located in Loudoun County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fox Chase that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Fox Chase.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Chase ...

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.

  • Cedar Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cove
  • Clubview
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Clubview is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
  • Cross Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cross Creek is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Hammocks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hammocks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammocks
  • Heather Downs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Heather Downs is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Downs
  • Heritage Isles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Heritage Isles is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Isles
  • Hunters Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hunters Green is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Green
  • Magnolia Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Magnolia Chase is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Chase
  • Pebble Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pebble Creek is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
  • Thousand Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Thousand Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousand Oaks

How Far From Fox Chase 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 Fox Chase to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Chase to Tampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,606 miles [10,631.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,275 miles [11,708 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,174 miles [8,326.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fox Chase) 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 Fox Chase 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 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 Fox Chase 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 Fox Chase. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1316, Longitude: -82.3466       In this case, the coordinates for Fox Chase have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.783 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.198 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.818 degrees.