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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 Den, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Den 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 Den:
- 38.615953, -76.661907
- 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 Den
- 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Since Fox Den is near Prince George's County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Den
Communities Also Named Fox Den ...
We found three communities that are also named Fox Den.
Within Maryland, the name Fox Den is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Fox Den [Hartford County].
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- This Fox Den is located in Hamblen County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fox Den that is located in Calvert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Fox Den.
- Knox County
- This Fox Den is located in Knox County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the west southwest of the Fox Den that is located in Calvert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Fox Den.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Den ...
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 Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cedarhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Deep Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Deep Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Landing
- Eagle Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Fiddlers Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddlers Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Point
- Green Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holland Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holland Glenn is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Glenn
- Hunting Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Hunting Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Lake is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Lake
- Huntingtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kings Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kings Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Lord Cecil Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lord Cecil Woods is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Cecil Woods
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mill Seat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mill Seat is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Seat
- New Enterprise
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Potts Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Potts Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Point
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Ravenshead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenshead is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenshead
- Sandy Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Shady Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shady Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
- Sherbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sherbert is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbert
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Smoky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smoky is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky
- Stone Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Farm is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Farm
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Wild Goose Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wild Goose Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose Landing
How Far From Fox Den 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 Den to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Den and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Fox Den to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Fox Den 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Den) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Den 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 Den. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6160, Longitude: -76.6619 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Den have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.165 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.666 degrees. |
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