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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 Foxboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Foxboro 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 Foxboro:
    • 46.498553, -92.287973
    • 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 Foxboro
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Foxboro is near Carlton County and also Pine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carlton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pine 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 Foxboro

Communities Also Named Foxboro ...

We found five communities that are also named Foxboro.

Within Wisconsin, the name Foxboro is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Foxboro is located in Pulaski County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the south of the Foxboro that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Foxboro.
    • Georgia
      • Paulding County
      • This Foxboro is located in Paulding County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Foxboro that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Foxboro.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Foxboro [Jefferson County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton 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 Minnesota community of Foxboro [Carlton County].
    • Ontario
      • This Foxboro lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the east of the Foxboro that is located in Douglas County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Foxboro ...

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.

  • Blackhoof
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Blackhoof is located in Carlton County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhoof
  • Dewey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dewey is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Gary
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gary is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
  • Moose Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
  • Oliver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oliver is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
  • Otter Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Otter Creek is located in Carlton County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
  • Riverview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Riverview is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Sunnyside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Superior Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Superior Village is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people

How Far From Foxboro 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 Foxboro to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Foxboro and extending to:

  • Superior, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Foxboro to Superior, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 932 miles [1,499.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,782 miles [7,695.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Foxboro) 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 Foxboro 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 Foxboro 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 Foxboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4986, Longitude: -92.2880       In this case, the coordinates for Foxboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.59 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.562 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.678 degrees.