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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 Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox 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 Fox Hill:
    • 40.877599, -74.444043
    • 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 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Since Fox Hill is near Essex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 Hill

Communities Also Named Fox Hill ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Fox Hill.

Within New Jersey, the name Fox Hill is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Sebastian County and lies 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Fox Hill.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Fairfield County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Fox Hill.
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Morgan County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fox Hill.
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Calvert County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Fox Hill.
      • Howard County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Howard County and lies 169 miles [272 km] to the southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Fox Hill.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Middlesex County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Fox Hill.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Fox Hill lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
    • New York
      • Saratoga County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Saratoga County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the north of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Fox Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Fox Hill [Chester County].
      • Franklin County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Franklin County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Fox Hill.
      • Luzerne County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Luzerne County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the west northwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Fox Hill.
      • Potter County
      • This Fox Hill is located in Potter County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west northwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Fox Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • This Fox Hill is located in Hampton City and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fox Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Fox Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox 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.

  • Birch Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Birch Hills is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hills
  • Dover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dover is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Franklin is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Hibernia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hibernia is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
  • Hilltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
  • Lake Arrowhead
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
  • Littleton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Littleton is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
  • Lyonsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lyonsville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Mount Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Hope is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Powerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Powerville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville
  • Rockaway Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rockaway Valley is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Valley
  • Union Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Union Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Fox Hill to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,705 miles [9,181.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,289 miles [6,902.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fox Hill) 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 Hill 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 Fox 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 Fox Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8776, Longitude: -74.4440       In this case, the coordinates for Fox Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.186 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.82 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.781 degrees.