Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodbine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodbine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodbine
- 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 Woodbine:
- 41.734305, -95.706940
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Woodbine
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Woodbine is near Shelby County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- eBird sighting report for Crawford 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Woodbine ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Woodbine.
Within Iowa, the name Woodbine is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess County
- This Woodbine is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Woodbine.
- Will County
- This Woodbine is located in Will County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km] to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Woodbine.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- This Woodbine is located in Rockingham County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Woodbine.
- Rowan County
- This Woodbine is located in Rowan County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km] to the east southeast of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Woodbine.
- Nova Scotia
- This Woodbine lies 1,772 miles [2,851.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Woodbine is located in Butler County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Woodbine.
- Chester County
- This Woodbine is located in Chester County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km] to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Woodbine.
- Huntingdon 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 Woodbine [Huntingdon County].
- York County
- This Woodbine is located in York County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km] to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Woodbine.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Woodbine is located in Montgomery County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodbine.
- Portsmouth City
- This Woodbine is located in Portsmouth City and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km] to the east southeast of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Woodbine.
- Prince William County
- This Woodbine is located in Prince William County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km] to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Woodbine.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodbine ...
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.
- Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Beebeetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beebeetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebeetown
- Beebeetown is located in Harrison County
- Crisp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Echo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Euclid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Hard Scratch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hard Scratch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Scratch
- Hard Scratch is located in Harrison County
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Missouri Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Valley
- Missouri Valley is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missouri Valley <4>
- Moorhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moorhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Monona County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorhead <4>
- Orson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Panama
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panama have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Panama is located in Shelby County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panama <4>
- Union Burg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Burg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Burg
- Union Burg is located in Harrison County
How Far From Woodbine 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 city such as Woodbine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodbine and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Woodbine to Des Moines, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodbine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harrison County: www.harrisoncountyia.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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- Woodbine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodbine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7343, Longitude: -95.7069 In this case, the coordinates for Woodbine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Woodbine 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Woodbine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.947 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.626 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.709 degrees. |