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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 Foys Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foys Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Foys Hill:
    • 39.600669, -76.004669
    • 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 Foys Hill
  • 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Foys Hill is near Harford County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Foys Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Foys Hill ...

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.

  • Carpenter Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Carpenter Point is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Point
  • Chestnut Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Point is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Point
  • Craigtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Craigtown is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigtown
  • Frenchtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Frenchtown is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
  • Indian Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Indian Falls is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
  • Leslie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leslie is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Manor Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Manor Heights is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights
  • Misty Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Misty Meadows is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
  • Mountain Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
  • Perry Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry Point is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Point
  • Poplar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Poplar Point is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
  • Prestige Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Prestige Village is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestige Village
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Stony Chase Court
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Chase Court is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Chase Court
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunset Knoll
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sunset Knoll is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll
    • Sweet Grass Meadow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sweet Grass Meadow is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass Meadow
    • Timberbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Timberbrook is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberbrook
    • Town Commons
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Town Commons is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Commons
    • Woodlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Foys Hill once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Foys Hill and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Foys Hill to Elkton, 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Foys Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foys Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Foys Hill 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 Foys Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6007, Longitude: -76.0047       In this case, the coordinates for Foys Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.23 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.799 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.999 degrees.