Fox River
The Fox River is a river in eastern Wisconsin in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is the principal tributary of the Green Bay, and via the bay, the largest tributary of Lake Michigan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of Green Bay in eastern Wisconsin, United States
- Also known as: “Fiume delle Volpi”, “Foxes River”, “Kakaling”, and “Outagamis River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grassy Island Range Lights and Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge.
Grassy Island Range Lights
Lighthouse
Photo: Rauglothgor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grassy Island Range Lights are a pair of lighthouses originally established to guide traffic through the channel into the harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. They were deactivated and moved ashore as part of a channel-widening project.
Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Winndm31, Public domain.
The Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge is a bridge on the north side of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It carries Interstate 43 over the Fox River just south of its mouth into Green Bay.
Zippin Pippin
Roller coaster
Photo: Rauglothgor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zippin Pippin is one of the oldest existing wooden roller coasters in the United States. It was initially constructed in the former East End Park in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1912, 1915, or 1917 by John A.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Bay and Preble.
Green Bay
Photo: Lordmontu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Bay is a city in Wisconsin well-known as the home town of the Green Bay Packers, an NFL team. It is on the bay of Green Bay and, surrounded by many other villages, cities, and townships, comprises the northernmost tip of what is known as the Fox River Valley, a forty-mile-long collection of communities and farmland surrounding the Fox River.
Preble
Hamlet
Preble was a town in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States from 1859 to 1964. It ceased to exist as a jurisdiction in 1964, when by referendum it consolidated with the city of Green Bay. Preble is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fox River.
Howard
Town
Photo: Jandtali, Public domain.
Howard is a village in Brown and Outagamie counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 19,950 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Green Bay metropolitan area. Howard is situated 4 miles west of Fox River.
Fox River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Brown, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Fox River” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆոքս (գետ)”
- Armenian: “Ֆոքս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Fox”
- Catalan: “Fox”
- Catalan: “riu Fox”
- Cebuano: “Fox River”
- Chinese: “福克斯河”
- Dutch: “Fox River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فوكس”
- French: “Fox River”
- French: “Fox”
- French: “Rivière aux Renards”
- German: “Fox River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Fox”
- Japanese: “フォックス川 (ウィスコンシン州)”
- Romanian: “Râul Fox”
- Russian: “Фокс (река, впадает в озеро Мичиган)”
- Russian: “Фокс-Ривер”
- Russian: “Фокс”
- Slovenian: “Fox River”
- Slovenian: “Fox”
- Slovenian: “reka Fox”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوخ چایی”
- Spanish: “Fox”
- Spanish: “río Fox”
- Venetian: “Fox”
- Welsh: “Afon Fox”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Haevers Corners and A and V Terrace Gardens.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Howard Park and Grassy Island.
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