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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 Woodacre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodacre 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 Woodacre:
- 38.012118, -122.643440
- 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 Woodacre
- 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 Marin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marin County
- Since Woodacre is near Sonoma County and also Contra Costa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sonoma County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa 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 Woodacre
Communities Also Named Woodacre ...
We found one communities that are also named Woodacre.
Within California, the name Woodacre is unique.
Beyond California, there is another community also named Woodacre in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Woodacre [Mitchell County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodacre ...
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.
- Five Brooks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Forest Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Golf ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golf is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf
- Jewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Kent Woodlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Woodlands is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Woodlands
- Lucas Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lucas Valley is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Valley
- Manor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manor is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
How Far From Woodacre 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 Woodacre to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Woodacre and extending to:
- San Rafael, which is the Seat of Marin County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodacre to Sacramento, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,440 miles [3,926.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 96 days and walking would take 139 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,404 miles [11,915.6 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 8,170 miles [13,148.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Woodacre 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Woodacre) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Woodacre 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 Woodacre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0121, Longitude: -122.6434 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.418 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.426 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.305 degrees. |
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