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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 Woodman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodman 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 Woodman:
    • 43.090818, -90.798182
    • 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 Woodman
  • 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 Woodman ...

We found seven communities that share the name Woodman.

Within Wisconsin, the name Woodman is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Woodman is located in Mendocino County and lies 1,691 miles [2,721.4 km]<1> to the west of the Woodman that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Woodman.
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Woodman is located in Pike County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodman that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Woodman.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Woodman [Tuscola County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Woodman lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodman that is located in Grant County.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This Woodman is located in Carroll County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the east of the Woodman that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Woodman.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Woodman is located in Greenbrier County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodman that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Woodman.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodman ...

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.

  • Bell Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
    • Bell Center is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
  • Easter Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Easter Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Rock
    • Easter Rock is located in Crawford County
  • Harmony Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
    • Harmony Hill is located in Crawford County
  • Hickory Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Hickory Grove is located in Grant County
  • Homer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Homer is located in Grant County
  • Mount Hope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Hope is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
  • Plugtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plugtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plugtown
    • Plugtown is located in Crawford County
  • Sand Prairie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Prairie
    • Sand Prairie is located in Richland County
  • Shady Dell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dell
    • Shady Dell is located in Grant County

How Far From Woodman to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Woodman to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lancaster, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodman to Lancaster, with an average speed<4> 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 772 miles [1,242.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,235 miles [10,034.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,877 miles [7,848.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodman. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Grant County: www.grantcounty.org/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodman) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0908, Longitude: -90.7982       In this case, the coordinates for Woodman 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Woodman 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Woodman to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.571 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.936 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.831 degrees.









 

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