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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 Northwoods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northwoods 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 Northwoods:
    • 34.02782, -109.456413
    • 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 Northwoods
  • 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 Apache County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Apache County
    • Since Northwoods is near Greenlee County and also Navajo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenlee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Navajo 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 Northwoods

Communities Also Named Northwoods ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Northwoods.

Within Arizona, the name Northwoods is unique.

Beyond Arizona, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Northwoods is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km]<1> to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Northwoods.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Northwoods is located in Bibb County and lies 1,484 miles [2,388.3 km]<1> to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Northwoods.
      • DeKalb County
      • This Northwoods is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km] to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Northwoods.
    • Illinois
      • DeKalb 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 Northwoods [DeKalb County].
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Northwoods [Madison County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • This Northwoods is located in Caddo Parish and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Northwoods.
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Northwoods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km] to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Northwoods.
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This Northwoods is located in Rankin County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Northwoods.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Northwoods.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Northwoods is located in Wake County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Northwoods.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Northwoods is located in Franklin County and lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Northwoods.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Northwoods is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,374 miles [2,211.2 km]<1> to the east of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Northwoods.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • This Northwoods is located in Henrico County and lies 1,798 miles [2,893.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Northwoods.
    • Washington
      • Skamania County
      • This Northwoods is located in Skamania County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northwoods that is located in Apache County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skamania County community of Northwoods.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northwoods ...

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.

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

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

  • Saint Johns, which is the Seat of Apache County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Northwoods to Saint Johns, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,338 miles [11,809.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,100 miles [13,035.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northwoods) 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 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 Northwoods 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 Northwoods 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 Northwoods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0278, Longitude: -109.4564    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.213 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 327.643 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.763 degrees.