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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 Woodside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodside 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 Woodside:
    • 46.206273, -116.619312
    • 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 Woodside
  • 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 Nez Perce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
    • Since Woodside is near Lewis County and also Idaho County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Idaho 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 Woodside

Communities Also Named Woodside ...

We found 41 communities that are also named Woodside.

There is one other community in Idaho that is also named Woodside.

Beyond Idaho, we know of 40 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 36 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Idaho ...
    • Lewis County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Woodside [Lewis County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Woodside is located in Maricopa County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Woodside.
      • Yavapai County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Woodside [Yavapai County].
    • California
      • San Mateo County
      • This Woodside is located in San Mateo County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Woodside.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Woodside is located in Kent County and lies 2,117 miles [3,407 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Woodside.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Woodside is located in Sangamon County and lies 1,424 miles [2,291.7 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Woodside.
    • Kentucky
      • Edmonson County
      • This Woodside is located in Edmonson County and lies 1,669 miles [2,686 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edmonson County community of Woodside.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Woodside is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,661 miles [2,673.1 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodside.
      • Pike County
      • This Woodside is located in Pike County and lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Woodside.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Woodside [Rapides Parish].
      • Saint Landry Parish
      • This Woodside is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 1,696 miles [2,729.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Woodside.
    • Manitoba
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Woodside.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Woodside is located in Harford County and lies 2,070 miles [3,331.3 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Woodside.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodside is located in Montgomery County and lies 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodside.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Woodside is located in Worcester County and lies 2,210 miles [3,556.7 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Woodside.
    • Michigan
      • Bay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodside [Bay County].
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodside [Houghton County].
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Woodside [Polk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Washington County
      • This Woodside is located in Washington County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Woodside.
    • Missouri
      • Oregon County
      • This Woodside is located in Oregon County and lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of Woodside.
    • Montana
      • Ravalli County
      • This Woodside is located in Ravalli County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of Woodside.
    • New Brunswick
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Woodside.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Woodside [Essex County].
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Woodside is located in Erie County and lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Woodside.
      • Queens County
      • This Woodside is located in Queens County and lies 2,146 miles [3,453.7 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Woodside.
      • Westchester County
      • This Woodside is located in Westchester County and lies 2,147 miles [3,455.3 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Woodside.
    • North Carolina
      • Pender County
      • This Woodside is located in Pender County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Woodside.
      • Rowan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Woodside [Rowan County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Woodside.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This Woodside is located in Wood County and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Woodside.
    • Ontario
      • This Woodside lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Woodside is located in Bucks County and lies 2,115 miles [3,403.8 km]<2> to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Woodside.
      • Dauphin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Dauphin County].
      • Fayette County
      • This Woodside is located in Fayette County and lies 1,889 miles [3,040.1 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Woodside.
      • Luzerne County
      • This Woodside is located in Luzerne County and lies 2,044 miles [3,289.5 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Woodside.
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodside [Montgomery County].
      • York County
      • This Woodside is located in York County and lies 2,027 miles [3,262.1 km] to the east of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Woodside.
    • Quebec
      • This Woodside lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Woodside is located in Greenville County and lies 1,938 miles [3,118.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Woodside.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Woodside is located in Harris County and lies 1,612 miles [2,594.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Woodside that is located in Nez Perce County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Woodside.
    • Utah
      • Emery County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Woodside [Emery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodside ...

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.

  • Clicks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clicks is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clicks
  • Craig Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Craig Junction is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Junction
  • Culdesac
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • German Settlement
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • German Settlement is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Slickpoo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Slickpoo is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickpoo
  • Snow ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Snow is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
  • Sweetwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sweetwater is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
  • Woodside ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Woodside is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

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

  • Lewiston, which is the Seat of Nez Perce County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodside to Lewiston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the south (S). 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 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,052 miles [3,302.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 81 days and walking would take 117 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,532 miles [12,121.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Woodside 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.
<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 Woodside 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 Woodside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2063, Longitude: -116.6193       In this case, the coordinates for Woodside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.115 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.819 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.189 degrees.