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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 Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Town 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 Town:
- 37.513412, -94.649096
- 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 Town
- 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Since Fox Town is near Barton County and also Jasper County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper 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 Town
Communities Also Named Fox Town ...
We found one communities that are also named Fox Town.
Within Kansas, the name Fox Town is unique.
Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Fox Town in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk County
- This Fox Town is located in Polk County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Fox Town that is located in Crawford County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Fox Town.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Town ...
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.
- Barber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barber is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fuller
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fuller is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Gross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miller Brothers ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Brothers is located in Barton County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Brothers
- Mulberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Polk
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Polk is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Red Onion
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Red Onion is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Ringo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Fox Town to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Town and extending to:
- Girard, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Town to Girard, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 958 miles [1,541.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,398 miles [11,905.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,283 miles [8,502.2 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 Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Town 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 Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5134, Longitude: -94.6491 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.973 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.959 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.986 degrees. |
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