Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fox Chase, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Chase and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fox Chase
- 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 Chase:
- 40.081222, -75.080173
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fox Chase
- 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 Philadelphia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Philadelphia County
- Since Fox Chase is near Montgomery County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- eBird sighting report for Bucks 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fox Chase ...
We found eight communities that share the name Fox Chase.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Fox Chase.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Chase ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Philadelphia County
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Philadelphia County
- Coventry House
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry House
- Coventry House is located in Montgomery County
- Crescentville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescentville
- Crescentville is located in Philadelphia County
- Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station
- Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County
- Harrisburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Philadelphia County
- Hillside ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Jenkintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkintown
- Jenkintown is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,413 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkintown <4>
- Lawn Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawn Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Crest
- Lawn Crest is located in Philadelphia County
- Lawncrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Lawndale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Milestown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milestown
- Milestown is located in Philadelphia County
- Noble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Oak Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Oaklane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Pauls Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Pennypack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Pennypack Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack Woods
- Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County
- Rockledge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockledge
- Rockledge is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,526 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockledge <4>
- Summerdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Summerdale is located in Philadelphia County
- Volunteertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volunteertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteertown
- Volunteertown is located in Philadelphia County
- Walnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Milestown ‑ Historic
How Far From Fox Chase to ...
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 Chase to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox Chase and extending to:
- Philadelphia, which is the Seat of Philadelphia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fox Chase to Philadelphia, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fox Chase. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Chase) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fox Chase. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0812, Longitude: -75.0802 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Chase 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 Chase 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Chase to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.642 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.209 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.404 degrees. |