We found six communities that are also named Foxboro.
There is one other community in Ontario that is also named Foxboro.
Beyond Ontario, we know of five communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, one is located in Canada and the other five communities are located in the United States.
This Foxboro is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Foxboro.
Georgia
Paulding County
This Foxboro is located in Paulding County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Foxboro.
Kentucky
Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Foxboro [Jefferson County].
Minnesota
Carlton 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 Minnesota community of Foxboro [Carlton County].
Wisconsin
Douglas County
This Foxboro is located in Douglas County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Foxboro.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxboro ...
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.
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 Foxboro to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foxboro and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Foxboro to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,291 miles [6,905.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
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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- Foxboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Foxboro 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 . 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.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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.
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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 Foxboro 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 Foxboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2508, Longitude: -77.4264
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.676 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.041 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.671 degrees.