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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 Bank, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox Bank 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 Bank:
- 33.119059, -80.060919
- 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 Bank
- 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Fox Bank is near Dorchester County and also Charleston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charleston 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 Bank
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox Bank ...
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.
- Black Tom ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Tom is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Tom
- Boulder Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Boulder Bluff is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Bluff
- Green Hill ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Groomville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groomville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomville
- Grove Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grove Hall is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hall
- Hickory Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hickory Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Holly Court
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holly Court is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Court
- Locklair ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Locklair is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locklair
- Long Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Mount Holly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Sandy Run ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sandy Run is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Run
- Strawberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sugar Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sugar Hill is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Tarry Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
- Tramway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tramway is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
- Tuckertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckertown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Wide Awake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wide Awake is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Awake
How Far From Fox Bank 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 Bank to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Fox Bank once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fox Bank and extending to:
- Moncks Corner, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fox Bank to Columbia, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 433 miles [696.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,279 miles [10,105.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fox Bank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bank) 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 Fox Bank 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 Bank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1191, Longitude: -80.0609 In this case, the coordinates for Fox Bank have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.764 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.723 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.821 degrees. |
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