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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 Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Valley 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 Valley:
- 44.759566, -122.551751
- 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 Valley
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Fox Valley is near Marion County and also Clackamas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clackamas 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 Valley
Communities Also Named Fox Valley ...
We found three communities that are also named Fox Valley.
Within Oregon, the name Fox Valley is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- DuPage 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 Illinois community of Fox Valley [DuPage County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Fox Valley lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Fox Valley that is located in Linn County.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Fox Valley is located in Anderson County and lies 2,213 miles [3,561.5 km]<2> to the east of the Fox Valley that is located in Linn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Fox Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Valley ...
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.
- Ale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ale is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ale
- Dotyville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dotyville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Elkhorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhorn is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Elkhorn Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elkhorn Woods is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Woods
- Fords Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fords Mill is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Mill
- Gates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jordan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Lyons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Falls City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City
- Sublimity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Fox Valley 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 Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Valley and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Valley to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 134 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,725 miles [12,432.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 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 Fox Valley 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Valley 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 Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7596, Longitude: -122.5518 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.90 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.319 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.082 degrees. |
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