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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 Foxwood:
37.286247, -80.005317
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We found eight communities that are also named Foxwood.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Foxwood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Albemarle County
This Foxwood is located in Albemarle County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Foxwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Foxwood is located in Montgomery County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Foxwood.
California
Plumas County
This Foxwood is located in Plumas County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Foxwood.
Georgia
Camden County
This Foxwood is located in Camden County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Foxwood.
Maryland
Harford County
This Foxwood is located in Harford County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Foxwood.
Wicomico County
This Foxwood is located in Wicomico County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Foxwood.
North Carolina
Henderson County
This Foxwood is located in Henderson County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Foxwood.
Texas
Harris County
This Foxwood is located in Harris County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Foxwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxwood ...
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.
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 Foxwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foxwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Foxwood to Richmond, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foxwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Foxwood 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 Foxwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2862, Longitude: -80.0053 In this case, the coordinates for Foxwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.71 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.269 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.523 degrees.