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FOX

FOX from directly overhead

FOX is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Eagle Mountain stands 514 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Krone, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 4.5 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Inscription: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172996131/george-fox

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates55.18600, -160.51405

4.5 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National

Around it

49 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites32

Krone: 0.2 mi
B. Shed 1: 0.3 mi
Chicken Coop: 0.3 mi
Brandal: 0.3 mi
#4 Shed: 0.3 mi

Peaks8

Hunt's Hill: 0.3 mi
Bloomer Peak: 3.0 mi
Apollo Mountain: 3.9 mi
Red Mountain: 4.5 mi
Danger Point Peak: 11.3 mi

Beaches6

Red Cove Beach: 8.3 mi
Humboldt Harbor: 9.8 mi
Sandy Beach South: 10.3 mi
Sandy Beach: 10.5 mi
Sand Dollar Beach: 11.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Unga: 0.4 mi

Gardens1

LARSEN'S GARDEN: 0.5 mi

Attractions1

Fossil Beach: 11.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of FOX. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Eagle Mountain	ESE 110°	514 m	19.9 mi
Apollo Mountain	W 273°	497 m	3.9 mi
Saddler Peak	SE 138°	491 m	21.0 mi
Mount Davidson	ESE 107°	469 m	19.6 mi
Red Mountain	WNW 299°	376 m	4.5 mi
Bloomer Peak	WNW 302°	375 m	3.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	08:45	20:08	20:56
June solstice	06:02	22:25	23:27
September equinox	08:29	19:55	20:43
December solstice	10:07	15:59	17:15

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	31	31	31	35	41	47	51	53	49	41	36	33
Precip in	4.0	4.4	2.4	2.6	4.0	3.1	2.9	3.9	4.9	5.0	5.1	6.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sand Point 1 ENE, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/556857703

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