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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 The Foxes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Foxes 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 The Foxes:
    • 37.260833, -76.760000
    • 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 The Foxes
  • 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 James City County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for James City County
    • Since The Foxes is near Williamsburg City and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 The Foxes

Communities Also Named The Foxes ...

We found one communities that are also named The Foxes.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named The Foxes.

Beyond Virginia.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Sussex 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 Virginia community of The Foxes [Sussex County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Foxes ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Fieldcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fieldcrest is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
  • First Colony
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • First Colony is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Colony
  • Five Forks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Five Forks is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Fords Colony
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fords Colony is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Colony
  • Heritage Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Landing is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Landing
  • Hollybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hollybrook is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybrook
  • Indigo Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Indigo Terrace is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Terrace
  • Jamestown Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jamestown Farms is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Farms
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kingswood is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Rich Neck Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rich Neck Heights is located in Williamsburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck Heights
  • Steeple Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Steeple Chase is located in James City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeple Chase
  • Walnut Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Williamsburg City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

How Far From The Foxes to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Foxes to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in The Foxes and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from The Foxes to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 114 miles [183.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,955 miles [9,583.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,532 miles [7,293.5 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 The Foxes 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Foxes) 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 The Foxes 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 The Foxes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2608, Longitude: -76.7600       In this case, the coordinates for The Foxes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.823 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.112 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.219 degrees.