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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 Woodlawn Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodlawn Terrace 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 Woodlawn Terrace:
    • 32.421290, -81.766778
    • 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 Woodlawn Terrace
  • 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 Bulloch County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch County
    • Since Woodlawn Terrace is near Screven County and also Candler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Candler 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 Woodlawn Terrace

Communities Also Named Woodlawn Terrace ...

We found three communities that are also named Woodlawn Terrace.

There is one other community in Georgia that is also named Woodlawn Terrace.

Beyond Georgia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Chatham County
      • This Woodlawn Terrace is located in Chatham County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodlawn Terrace that is located in Bulloch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Woodlawn Terrace.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Woodlawn Terrace [Fairfax County].
      • Henrico County
      • This Woodlawn Terrace is located in Henrico County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodlawn Terrace that is located in Bulloch County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Woodlawn Terrace.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodlawn Terrace ...

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.

  • Brians Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Brians Chase is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brians Chase
  • Eagle Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Eagle Court is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Court
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 164 people
  • Foxlake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxlake is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxlake
  • Greenwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Grove Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Grove Lakes is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Lakes
  • Kingswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kingswood is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Merrywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Merrywood is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
  • Pine Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pine Cove is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Cove
  • Pine Needle Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pine Needle Hills is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needle Hills
  • Quail Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Run is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
  • Stadium Walk
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Stadium Walk is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stadium Walk

How Far From Woodlawn Terrace to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woodlawn Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Statesborough, which is the Seat of Bulloch County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Woodlawn Terrace to Statesborough, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 519 miles [835.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,075 miles [11,386.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,959 miles [7,980.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Woodlawn Terrace) 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 Woodlawn Terrace 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 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.
<4>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 Woodlawn Terrace 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 Woodlawn Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4213, Longitude: -81.7668       In this case, the coordinates for Woodlawn Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.699 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.70 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.627 degrees.