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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:
- 33.857605, -84.726880
- 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 Paulding County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
- Since Foxboro is near Cobb County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cobb County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Georgia, the name Foxboro is unique.
Beyond Georgia, 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 ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Foxboro is located in Pulaski County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west of the Foxboro that is located in Paulding County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski 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 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Foxboro that is located in Paulding County.
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- This Foxboro is located in Douglas County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Foxboro that is located in Paulding 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.
- Deer Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Deer Run is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Forest Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Glen is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forkwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forkwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkwood
- Greenfield Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenfield Chase is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Chase
- Harpers Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harpers Lake is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Lake
- Indian Rose
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Rose is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rose
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,241 people
- Pine Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Oaks is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Oaks
- Pleasant Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Powder Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Powder Ridge is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Ridge
- Powder Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Powder Springs Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Powder Springs Chase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Springs Chase
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,758 people
- Steeplechase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Steeplechase is located in Cobb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
How Far From Foxboro 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 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:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Paulding County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Foxboro to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 550 miles [885.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,030 miles [8,095 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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 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: 33.8576, Longitude: -84.7269 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 312.458 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.928 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.394 degrees. |
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