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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 Red Fox, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Fox 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 Red Fox:
    • 33.884006, -83.341546
    • 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 Red Fox
  • 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 Clarke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Since Red Fox is near Oconee County and also Oglethorpe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oglethorpe 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 Red Fox

Communities Also Named Red Fox ...

We found one communities that are also named Red Fox.

Within Georgia, the name Red Fox is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Red Fox in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Red Fox [Portage County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Fox ...

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 Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Cedar Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Crossties
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Crossties is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossties
  • Garden Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden Hills is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hills
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Acres is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Hickory Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hickory Point is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
  • Hunters Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Ivywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ivywood is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
  • Old Mill Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Old Mill Chase is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mill Chase
  • Pioneer Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer Woods is located in Oconee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Woods
  • Rock and Shoals
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Rock and Shoals is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock and Shoals
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Shadow Moss
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shadow Moss is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Moss
    • Shoalsview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Shoalsview is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoalsview
    • Snapfinger
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Snapfinger is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapfinger
    • Summit Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Summit Grove is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Grove
    • Tee Pee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tee Pee is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tee Pee
    • University Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • University Heights is located in Clarke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Fox and extending to:

  • Athens, which is the Seat of Clarke County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Red Fox to Atlanta, with an average speed<3> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 492 miles [791.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,088 miles [11,407 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,967 miles [7,993.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Red Fox 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Red Fox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Red Fox 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 Red Fox. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8840, Longitude: -83.3415       In this case, the coordinates for Red Fox have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.647 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.998 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.846 degrees.