Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodrow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodrow and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodrow
- 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 Woodrow:
- 46.388298, -94.074434
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Woodrow
- 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 Crow Wing County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Crow Wing County
- Since Woodrow is near Cass County and also Aitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cass County
- eBird sighting report for Aitkin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Woodrow ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Woodrow.
Within Minnesota, the name Woodrow is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Woodrow lies 2,387 miles [3,841.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- This Woodrow is located in Craven County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Woodrow.
- Haywood County
- This Woodrow is located in Haywood County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km] to the southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Woodrow.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Woodrow lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- This Woodrow is located in Giles County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Woodrow.
- Sullivan County
- This Woodrow is located in Sullivan County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km] to the southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Woodrow.
- Texas
- Hill County
- This Woodrow is located in Hill County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Woodrow.
- Lubbock County
- This Woodrow is located in Lubbock County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the south southwest of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lubbock County community of Woodrow.
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Morgan County
- This Woodrow is located in Morgan County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Woodrow.
- Pocahontas County
- This Woodrow is located in Pocahontas County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km] to the southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Crow Wing County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Woodrow.
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodrow ...
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.
- Breezy Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Breezy Point is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,435 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Breezy Point <5>
- Crow Wing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Deerwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Deerwood is located in Crow Wing County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 725 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deerwood <5>
- Homecroft
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lake Shore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Lake Shore is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,069 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Shore <5>
- Legionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legionville
- Legionville is located in Crow Wing County
- Manganese
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Mission
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - White Hawk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Hawk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hawk
- White Hawk is located in Crow Wing County
How Far From Woodrow 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 Woodrow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodrow and extending to:
- Brainerd, which is the Seat of Crow Wing County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodrow to Saint Paul, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodrow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Crow Wing County: www.co.crow-wing.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodrow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodrow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3883, Longitude: -94.0744 In this case, the coordinates for Woodrow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Woodrow 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodrow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Woodrow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.869 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.00 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.711 degrees. |