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 Run:
35.169867, -80.758681
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.
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 Mecklenburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 22 communities that share the name Fox Run.
There are six communities within North Carolina that are also named Fox Run.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Durham County
This Fox Run is located in Durham County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Fox Run.
Forsyth County
This Fox Run is located in Forsyth County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Fox Run.
Nash County
This Fox Run is located in Nash County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Fox Run.
Union County
This Fox Run is located in Union County and lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Fox Run.
Wake County
This Fox Run is located in Wake County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Fox Run.
Wilkes County
This Fox Run is located in Wilkes County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Fox Run.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Fox Run is located in Madison County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the west of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Fox Run.
Tuscaloosa County
This Fox Run is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km] to the west southwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Fox Run.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Fox Run is located in Hillsborough County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fox Run.
Georgia
Clayton County
This Fox Run is located in Clayton County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Fox Run.
Illinois
Clark County
This Fox Run is located in Clark County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Fox Run.
Cook County
This Fox Run is located in Cook County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the northwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Fox Run.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Fox Run is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Fox Run.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Fox Run is located in Baltimore County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Fox Run.
Charles County
This Fox Run is located in Charles County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km] to the northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Fox Run.
Mississippi
Lowndes County
This Fox Run is located in Lowndes County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Fox Run.
Missouri
Saint Clair County
This Fox Run is located in Saint Clair County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Fox Run.
Ohio
Stark 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 Ohio community of Fox Run [Stark County].
Pennsylvania
Butler County
This Fox Run is located in Butler County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the north of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Fox Run.
York County
This Fox Run is located in York County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km] to the north northeast of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Fox Run.
South Carolina
Oconee County
This Fox Run is located in Oconee County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Fox Run.
Tennessee
Sullivan County
This Fox Run is located in Sullivan County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fox Run that is located in Mecklenburg County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fox Run.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Run ...
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.
Bishops Ridge (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishops Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Run and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Fox Run to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,219 miles [10,008.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fox Run) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1699, Longitude: -80.7587 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Run 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Run to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.173 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.489 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.488 degrees.