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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:
    • 39.766223, -75.636873
    • 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Wooddale is near Chester County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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.

Within Delaware, the name Wooddale is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Wooddale is located in Coffee County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wooddale that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Wooddale.
      • Shelby County
      • This Wooddale is located in Shelby County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the west southwest of the Wooddale that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby 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 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wooddale that is located in New Castle 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 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Wooddale that is located in New Castle 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 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wooddale that is located in New Castle 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 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wooddale that is located in New Castle 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.

  • Brackenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Brackenville is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville
  • Brackenville Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Brackenville Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville Woods
  • Cedars
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cedars is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
  • Cedars Knoll
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
  • Charter Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
  • Coffee Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Coffee Run is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Run
  • Forest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Greenbank
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greenbank is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
  • Greenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenville Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
  • Heather Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heather Valley is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Valley
  • Hickory Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • Highland Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
    • Horseshoe Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Horseshoe Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
    • Iron Gates
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Iron Gates is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
    • Liberty
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Liberty is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Limestone Gap
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Limestone Gap is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Gap
    • Limestone Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Limestone Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Hills
    • Loveville
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Loveville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
    • Maplecrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Maplecrest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecrest
    • Milltown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Milltown is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Mockingbird Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mockingbird Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
    • Mockingbird Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mockingbird Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hills
    • Mount Cuba
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
    • Prices Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
    • Quail Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Quail Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rolling Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Silver Springs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Skyline Orchard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Skyline Orchard is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Orchard
    • Snug Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Snug Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
    • Spring Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Stony Crest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
    • Swallow Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Swallow Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow Hill
    • Tree Top Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
    • Walnut Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
    • Willow Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
    • Winterbury
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Winterbury is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterbury
    • Woodland Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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:

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Wooddale to Dover, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,802 miles [9,337.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,384 miles [7,055.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- 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 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 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: 39.7662, Longitude: -75.6369       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 306.999 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.563 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.774 degrees.