Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Foxglen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foxglen and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Foxglen
- 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 Foxglen:
- 41.179111, -112.068276
- 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 Foxglen
- 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 Weber County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Weber County
- Since Foxglen is near Davis County and also Box Elder County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Davis County
- eBird sighting report for Box Elder 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 Foxglen ...
We found one communities that share the name Foxglen.
Within Utah, the name Foxglen is unique.
Beyond Utah, there is another community also named Foxglen in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxglen ...
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.
- Allred
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Cedar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- Cedar Ridge is located in Weber County
- Chestnut Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Park
- Chestnut Park is located in Davis County
- Clint Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clint Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint Village
- Clint Village is located in Davis County
- Cottonwood Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Meadows
- Cottonwood Meadows is located in Weber County
- Cozydale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - English Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- English Manor is located in Weber County
- Goodfellow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfellow
- Goodfellow is located in Weber County
- Harmony Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
- Harmony Park is located in Weber County
- Hatch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - He Flys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Heritage Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Square
- Heritage Square is located in Davis County
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- Jones
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Kanesville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanesville
- Kanesville is located in Weber County
- Kingsville Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville Junction
- Kingsville Junction is located in Weber County
- Lakeview Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Gardens
- Lakeview Gardens is located in Davis County
- Laurel Lea
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Lea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lea
- Laurel Lea is located in Weber County
- Lee Mesa
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Marvins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Meadowlane
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlane
- Meadowlane is located in Weber County
- Park Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Peppermint Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peppermint Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Park
- Peppermint Park is located in Davis County
- Pleasant View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Davis County
- Purser
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Quail Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Point
- Quail Point is located in Weber County
- Sandalwood Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandalwood Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood Square
- Sandalwood Square is located in Davis County
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Sun Ray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Sunray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Sunset Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Dale
- Sunset Dale is located in Davis County
- Tanner
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Willow Wood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Wood
- Willow Wood is located in Weber County
- Jones
How Far From Foxglen 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 Foxglen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Foxglen and extending to:
- Ogden, which is the Seat of Weber County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Foxglen to Salt Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 73 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 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 7,746 miles [12,466 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Foxglen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Weber County: www.co.weber.ut.us/
The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/
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 Foxglen 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Foxglen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foxglen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1791, Longitude: -112.0683 In this case, the coordinates for Foxglen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Foxglen to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.103 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.732 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.84 degrees. |