Fox Hill
Fox Hill once known as Rip Raps is an area within the eastern part of Hampton, Virginia. It is mostly a residential community with a few small businesses scattered throughout.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Fox Hill, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kecoughtan High School.
Kecoughtan High School
School
Kecoughtan High School is a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia. The current grades offered are 9–12. Kecoughtan High School is one of four high schools located in the Hampton City Public School District. Kecoughtan High School is situated 2 miles southwest of Fox Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckroe Beach and Phoebus.
Buckroe Beach
Suburb
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buckroe Beach is a neighborhood in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. It lies just north of Fort Monroe on the Chesapeake Bay. One of the oldest recreational areas in the state, it was long located in the former Elizabeth City County near the downtown area of the lost town of Phoebus prior to their consolidation with Hampton in 1952. Buckroe Beach is situated 2½ miles south of Fox Hill.
Phoebus
Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News. Phoebus is situated 4½ miles south of Fox Hill.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe is situated 5 miles south of Fox Hill.
Fox Hill
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.08098° or 37° 4′ 52″ northLongitude
-76.29551° or 76° 17′ 44″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87953PJ3+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 158289565OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Fox Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fox Hill”
- French: “Fox Hill”
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