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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 Woodland Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills:
    • 41.799198, -89.648718
    • 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 Woodland Hills
  • 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 Woodland Hills ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Woodland Hills.

There are two communities within Illinois that are also named Woodland Hills.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Illinois ...
    • Kane County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Kane County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Williamson County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the south of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Woodland Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lee County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Lee County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km] to the south southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Pike County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Pike County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km] to the south southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Shelby County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Shelby County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km] to the south southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km] to the south of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Alberta
      • This Woodland Hills lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
    • Arkansas
      • Fulton County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Fulton County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Pulaski County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the south southwest of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Saline County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Saline County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km] to the south southwest of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Woodland Hills.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,652 miles [2,658.6 km]<1> to the west of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Clarke County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Woodland Hills.
      • DeKalb County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in DeKalb County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km] to the south southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Laurens 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 Georgia community of Woodland Hills [Laurens County].
      • Walker County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Walker County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km] to the south southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in LaGrange County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the east of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Iowa
      • Polk County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Polk County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the west of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Calvert County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Hinds County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the south of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Woodland Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Henderson County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Greene County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Greene County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Woodland Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Lexington County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Dallas County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Woodland Hills.
      • Hill County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Hill County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the southwest of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • This Woodland Hills is located in Utah County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the west of the Woodland Hills that is located in Whiteside County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Woodland Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Washington 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 Woodland Hills [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodland Hills ...

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.

  • Buffalo Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Grove
    • Buffalo Grove is located in Ogle County
  • Deer Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Grove
    • Deer Grove is located in Whiteside County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Grove <4>
  • Eagle Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
    • Eagle Point is located in Ogle County
  • Grand Detour
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Detour have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Detour
    • Grand Detour is located in Ogle County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Detour <4>
  • Kingdom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom
    • Kingdom is located in Lee County
  • Lincoln Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Lee County
  • Nelson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Nelson is located in Lee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nelson <4>
  • Polo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Prairieville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairieville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
    • Prairieville is located in Lee County
  • Rock Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Round Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Grove
    • Round Grove is located in Whiteside County
  • White Pigeon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Pigeon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon
    • White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County
  • Woodland Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Shores
    • Woodland Shores is located in Lee County

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

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

  • Morrison, which is the Seat of Whiteside County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Woodland Hills to Morrison, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,002 miles [11,268.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,888 miles [7,866.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodland Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Whiteside County: www.whiteside.org/

The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov

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 from Point A (ie- Woodland Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodland Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7992, Longitude: -89.6487       In this case, the coordinates for Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills 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 Woodland Hills 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 315.782 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.857 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.593 degrees.




 

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