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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Lake 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 Lake:
- 43.676622, -94.658867
- 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 Lake
- 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 Martin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Since Fox Lake is near Jackson County and also Watonwan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Watonwan 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 Lake
Communities Also Named Fox Lake ...
We found seven communities that are also named Fox Lake.
Within Minnesota, the name Fox Lake is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Fox Lake lies 1,325 miles [2,132.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Lake that is located in Martin County.
- Illinois
- Lake County
- This Fox Lake is located in Lake County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fox Lake that is located in Martin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Fox Lake.
- Indiana
- Steuben County
- 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 Indiana community of Fox Lake [Steuben County].
- Montana
- Richland County
- This Fox Lake is located in Richland County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fox Lake that is located in Martin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Fox Lake.
- North Dakota
- Ramsey County
- 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 North Dakota community of Fox Lake [Ramsey County].
- Ontario
- This Fox Lake lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Lake that is located in Martin County.
- Wisconsin
- Dodge County
- This Fox Lake is located in Dodge County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the east of the Fox Lake that is located in Martin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Fox Lake.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Lake ...
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.
- Alpha
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Ceylon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Granada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lewisville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Maple Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Mountain Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Superior
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tenmile Corner is located in Watonwan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
- Welcome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Fox Lake 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 Fox Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Lake and extending to:
- Fairmont, which is the Seat of Martin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Lake to Fairmont, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 969 miles [1,559.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Fox Lake) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lake 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'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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6766, Longitude: -94.6589 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.268 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.097 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.722 degrees. |
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