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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 Wooddale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wooddale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wooddale:
    • 31.332115, -85.810771
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Wooddale
  • 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 Coffee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee County
    • Since Wooddale is near Dale County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Geneva 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Wooddale

Communities Also Named Wooddale ...

We found eight communities that are also named Wooddale.

There is one other community in Alabama that is also named Wooddale.

Beyond Alabama, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Shelby County
      • This Wooddale is located in Shelby County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wooddale that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Wooddale.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Wooddale is located in New Castle County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wooddale that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wooddale.
    • Illinois
      • Peoria 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 Illinois community of Wooddale [Peoria County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Wooddale lies 1,988 miles [3,199.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wooddale that is located in Coffee County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette 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 Pennsylvania community of Wooddale [Fayette County].
      • Monroe County
      • This Wooddale is located in Monroe County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wooddale that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Wooddale.
    • Tennessee
      • Knox County
      • This Wooddale is located in Knox County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wooddale that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Wooddale.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sawyer County
      • This Wooddale is located in Sawyer County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wooddale that is located in Coffee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sawyer County community of Wooddale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wooddale ...

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.

  • Enterprise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Forest Park is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Foxhill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Foxhill is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhill
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Heritage Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Heights is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
  • Hillcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Holiday Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Holiday Village is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Village
  • Honeysuckle Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Honeysuckle Hills is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hills
  • Indian Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Indian Lakes is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lakes
  • Indian Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Indian Springs is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
  • Indigo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Indigo is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo
  • Level Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Level Plains is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,952 people
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Olivers Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Olivers Lake is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivers Lake
    • Regency Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Regency Heights is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Heights
    • Singing Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Singing Brook is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Brook
    • Valley Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Hills is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills

How Far From Wooddale 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 community such as Wooddale to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Elba, which is the Seat of Coffee County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wooddale to Elba, 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.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 719 miles [1,157.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,309 miles [11,762.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wooddale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wooddale 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wooddale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wooddale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3321, Longitude: -85.8108       In this case, the coordinates for Wooddale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.943 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.137 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.366 degrees.