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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 River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fox River 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 River:
- 42.556821, -88.184640
- 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 River
- 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 Kenosha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
- Since Fox River is near Racine County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Racine County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 River
Communities Also Named Fox River ...
We found five communities that are also named Fox River.
Within Wisconsin, the name Fox River is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Fox River lies 2,834 miles [4,560.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fox River that is located in Kenosha County.
- Illinois
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fox River [Lake County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Fox River lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox River that is located in Kenosha County.
- Prince Edward Island
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Fox River.
- Quebec
- This Fox River lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fox River that is located in Kenosha County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fox River ...
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.
- Channel Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Liberty Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Paddock Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Powers Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Slades Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
How Far From Fox River to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fox River and extending to:
- Kenosha, which is the Seat of Kenosha County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fox River to Kenosha, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 635 miles [1,021.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fox River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 River 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. |
| <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 River 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 River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5568, Longitude: -88.1846 In this case, the coordinates for Fox River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.799 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.842 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.645 degrees. |
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