Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fox Field, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Field and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fox Field

• 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 Field:
  • 38.994002, -75.915493
  • 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 Field

• 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
  • Since Fox Field is near Queen Anne's County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Field

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Field ...

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.

• Bridgetown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
• Buckels Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Buckels Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckels Corner
• Deans Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Deans Meadows is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Meadows
• Fox Meadow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Meadow is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
• Holly Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Corner
• Hope
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hope is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
• Jumptown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jumptown is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumptown
• Maple Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Maple Village is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
• Queen Anne
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Queen Anne is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Anne
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Queen Anne <1>
• Ruthsburg
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
• Trinity
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

How Far From Fox Field to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Field to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Denton, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Field to Denton, 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.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 60 miles [96.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'