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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 Foxhall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foxhall 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 Foxhall:
    • 39.069831, -77.058589
    • 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 Foxhall
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Foxhall is near Prince George's County and also Howard 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 Howard 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 Foxhall

Communities Also Named Foxhall ...

We found four communities that are also named Foxhall.

Within Maryland, the name Foxhall is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Richmond County
      • This Foxhall is located in Richmond County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Foxhall that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Foxhall.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Foxhall is located in Richland County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Foxhall that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Foxhall.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Foxhall is located in Fairfax County and lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Foxhall that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Foxhall.
      • Norfolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Foxhall [Norfolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxhall ...

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.

  • Chestnut Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • English Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • English Manor is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
  • Gayfields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gayfields is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayfields
  • Glen Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Glen Haven is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Glenallen
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Glenallen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
  • Glenview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Glenview is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Harmony Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
  • Hermitage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hermitage Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Park
  • Holiday Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Homecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
  • Lutes
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lutes is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
  • Manor Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Manor Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Manor Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Manor Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
    • Randolph Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Randolph Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hills
    • Rock Creek Palisades
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek Palisades is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Palisades
    • Rock Creek Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rock Creek Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Village
    • Springwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Springwood is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
    • Stoney Brook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Stoney Brook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
    • Sycamore Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sycamore Creek is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foxhall and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Foxhall to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,891 miles [9,480.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Foxhall) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Foxhall 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 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 Foxhall 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 Foxhall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0698, Longitude: -77.0586       In this case, the coordinates for Foxhall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.891 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.467 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.657 degrees.