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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 Woods Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods Crossing 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 Woods Crossing:
    • 43.774080, -111.630515
    • 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 Woods Crossing
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Woods Crossing is near Fremont County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fremont County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Woods Crossing

Communities Also Named Woods Crossing ...

We found three communities that are also named Woods Crossing.

Within Idaho, the name Woods Crossing is unique.

Beyond Idaho, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Tuolumne County
      • This Woods Crossing is located in Tuolumne County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woods Crossing that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Woods Crossing.
    • Montana
      • Chouteau County
      • This Woods Crossing is located in Chouteau County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the north of the Woods Crossing that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chouteau County community of Woods Crossing.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Woods Crossing is located in Roanoke County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the east of the Woods Crossing that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Woods Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods Crossing ...

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.

  • Archer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Archer is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Gale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gale is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
  • Hart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hart is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Heise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Heise is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise
  • Herbert
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Herbert is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
  • Jensen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jensen is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen
  • Jolley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jolley is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolley
  • Mark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mark is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
  • Moody
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Moody is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
  • Poplar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Poplar is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
  • Sugar City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Woods Crossing 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 Woods Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rexburg, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Woods Crossing to Boise, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,811 miles [2,914.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 103 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,577 miles [12,194 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,575 miles [8,972.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woods Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Woods Crossing 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 Woods Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7741, Longitude: -111.6305       In this case, the coordinates for Woods Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.969 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.797 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.35 degrees.