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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 Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Creek 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 Fox Creek:
- 43.650545, -111.110584
- 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 Creek
- 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 Teton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Since Fox Creek is near Teton County and also Bonneville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Teton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville 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 Creek
Communities Also Named Fox Creek ...
We found eight communities that are also named Fox Creek.
Within Idaho, the name Fox Creek is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Fox Creek lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Creek that is located in Teton County.
- Colorado
- Conejos County
- This Fox Creek is located in Conejos County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fox Creek that is located in Teton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conejos County community of Fox Creek.
- Kansas
- Chase 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 Kansas community of Fox Creek [Chase County].
- Kentucky
- Anderson County
- This Fox Creek is located in Anderson County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the east of the Fox Creek that is located in Teton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Fox Creek.
- Michigan
- Wayne 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 Michigan community of Fox Creek [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Fox Creek is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fox Creek that is located in Teton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fox Creek.
- New Brunswick
- This Fox Creek lies 2,246 miles [3,614.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Creek that is located in Teton County.
- Wisconsin
- Polk County
- This Fox Creek is located in Polk County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Creek that is located in Teton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Fox Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Creek ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beaver Creek is located in Teton County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Cache
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cache is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
- Felt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Irwin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Moose
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sam is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam
- Swan Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Forks is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Forks
- Two Forks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Two Forks is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Forks
How Far From Fox Creek 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 Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Creek and extending to:
- Driggs, which is the Seat of Teton County, lies just to the North.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fox Creek to Boise, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,785 miles [2,872.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,572 miles [12,186 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,565 miles [8,956 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- Fox Creek) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Creek 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 Fox Creek 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 Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6505, Longitude: -111.1106 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.55 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.299 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.051 degrees. |
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