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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 Foxborough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foxborough 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 Foxborough:
    • 41.579773, -83.601323
    • 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 Foxborough
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Foxborough is near Lucas County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Foxborough

Communities Also Named Foxborough ...

We found four communities that are also named Foxborough.

Within Ohio, the name Foxborough is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Foxborough [Boulder County].
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • This Foxborough is located in Lowndes County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<2> to the south of the Foxborough that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Foxborough.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Foxborough is located in Norfolk County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<2> to the east of the Foxborough that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Foxborough.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Foxborough is located in Berkeley County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Foxborough that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Foxborough.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxborough ...

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.

  • Frances Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Frances Gardens is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances Gardens
  • Grassy Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Grassy Creek is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
  • Hobart
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hobart is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Holiday Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Holiday Park is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Indian Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Meadows is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
  • Island View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Island View is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Kettle Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kettle Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Run
  • Lime City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lime City is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
  • Parliament Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Parliament Place is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Place
  • Pheasant Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pheasant Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
  • Ranch Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Ranch Gardens is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Gardens
  • Valley Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Hills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills

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

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

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Foxborough to Bowling Green, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 392 miles [630.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Foxborough 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foxborough) 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 Foxborough 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 Foxborough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5798, Longitude: -83.6013       In this case, the coordinates for Foxborough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.81 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.299 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.70 degrees.