RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of South Carolina >> Anderson County >> Fox Valley >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

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.

  • 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 Fox Valley:
    • 34.531219, -82.603188
    • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Fox Valley is near Greenville County and also Abbeville County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenville County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Abbeville 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 South Carolina, the name Fox Valley is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, 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].
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Fox Valley is located in Linn County and lies 2,213 miles [3,561.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fox Valley that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Fox Valley.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Fox Valley lies 1,739 miles [2,798.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fox Valley that is located in Anderson County.

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.

  • Beaver Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Beaver Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
  • Cedarwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedarwood is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
  • Evergreen Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Evergreen Hills is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
  • Harpers Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harpers Ridge is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Ridge
  • Heather Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Heather Heights is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Heritage Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Heritage Trace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Trace is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Trace
  • Holly Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Holly Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Creek
  • Kings Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Court is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
  • Kingswood Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingswood Terrace is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Terrace
  • Long Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Long Meadows is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
  • Lyonswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lyonswood is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonswood
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meadow Brook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadow Brook is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Pinecrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pinecrest is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Quail Hollow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Quail Hollow is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
    • Spring Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Spring Park is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Park
    • Sweet Gum Trail
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sweet Gum Trail is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Gum Trail
    • Twin Lakes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

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:

  • Anderson, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Fox Valley 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 430 miles [692 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 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 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fox Valley) 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 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: 34.5312, Longitude: -82.6032       In this case, the coordinates for Fox Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.235 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.616 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.389 degrees.