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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 Woody, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woody 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 Woody:
- 35.704224, -118.836147
- 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 Woody
- 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 Kern County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kern County
- Since Woody is near Tulare County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tulare 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 Woody
Communities Also Named Woody ...
We found four communities that are also named Woody.
Within California, the name Woody is unique.
Beyond California, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Greene County
- This Woody is located in Greene County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woody that is located in Kern County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Woody.
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Nebraska
- Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Woody [Douglas County].
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Woody is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,879 miles [3,024 km]<1> to the east of the Woody that is located in Kern County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Woody.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woody ...
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.
- Balance Rock ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Balance Rock is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balance Rock
- California Hot Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fountain Springs is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Springs
- Glennville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Guernsey Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guernsey Mill is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Mill
- Halfway House
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway House is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Idlewild
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewild is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Pleasant View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Posey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stone Place is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Place
- Sugarloaf Mountain Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarloaf Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
How Far From Woody 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 Woody to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woody and extending to:
- Bakersfield, which is the Seat of Kern County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woody to Bakersfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,286 miles [3,679 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 130 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,475 miles [12,029.8 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 8,244 miles [13,267.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,250 miles [10,058.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woody) 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 Woody 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 Woody 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 Woody. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7042, Longitude: -118.8361 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.956 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.119 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.995 degrees. |
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