Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodridge
- 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 Woodridge:
- 41.737698, -88.041614
- 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 Woodridge
- 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 DuPage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for DuPage County
- Since Woodridge is near Will County and also Cook County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Will County
- eBird sighting report for Cook 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 Woodridge ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Woodridge.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Woodridge.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- This Woodridge lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Woodridge is located in Calvert County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Woodridge.
- Frederick County
- This Woodridge is located in Frederick County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km] to the east southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodridge.
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nash County
- This Woodridge is located in Nash County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Woodridge.
- Wake County
- This Woodridge is located in Wake County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Woodridge.
- Ontario
- This Woodridge lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Woodridge is located in Aiken County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Woodridge.
- Orangeburg County
- This Woodridge is located in Orangeburg County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km] to the southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Woodridge.
- Spartanburg County
- This Woodridge is located in Spartanburg County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km] to the southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Woodridge.
- Texas
- Orange County
- Although located in Orange County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Woodridge.
- Utah
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Woodridge is located in Albemarle County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Woodridge.
- Stafford County
- This Woodridge is located in Stafford County and lies 599 miles [964 km] to the east southeast of the Woodridge that is located in DuPage County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Woodridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodridge ...
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.
- Cherrywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Cherrywood is located in Will County
- Colonial Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Colonial Village is located in Will County
- Heather Sound
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Sound have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Sound
- Heather Sound is located in Will County
- Heritage Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Creek
- Heritage Creek is located in Will County
- Home Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Hunters Trail
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Trail
- Hunters Trail is located in Will County
- Indian Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Oaks
- Indian Oaks is located in Will County
- Ivanhoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Kings Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
- Kings Park is located in Will County
- Lace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Stonegate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Sugar Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Brook
- Sugar Brook is located in Will County
- Walnut Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Walnut Ridge is located in Will County
- Walnut Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
- Walnut Woods is located in Will County
How Far From Woodridge 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 village such as Woodridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodridge and extending to:
- Wheaton, which is the Seat of DuPage County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodridge to Wheaton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,827 miles [7,768.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Woodridge: www.vil.woodridge.il.us/
The official website for DuPage County: www.dupageco.org/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7377, Longitude: -88.0416 In this case, the coordinates for Woodridge 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 Woodridge 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Woodridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.708 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.622 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.81 degrees. |