Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodruff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodruff and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodruff
- 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 Woodruff:
- 40.538093, -89.231474
- 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 Woodruff
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Woodruff is near Tazewell County and also Woodford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- eBird sighting report for Woodford 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 Woodruff ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Woodruff.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Woodruff.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Apache County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Woodruff [Apache County].
- Navajo County
- This Woodruff is located in Navajo County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Woodruff that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Woodruff.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Cumberland County
- This Woodruff is located in Cumberland County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<3> to the east of the Woodruff that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Woodruff.
- Ocean County
- This Woodruff is located in Ocean County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the east of the Woodruff that is located in McLean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Woodruff.
- North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Vermont
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodruff ...
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.
- Bowling Green ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowling Green have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Bowling Green is located in Woodford County
- Carlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Carlock is located in McLean County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlock <5>
- Cooper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Cooper is located in Tazewell County
- Deer Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Creek is located in Tazewell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 657 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Creek <5>
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Eureka is located in Woodford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,232 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eureka <5>
- Farmsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmsville
- Farmsville is located in Woodford County
- Funks Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Funks Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funks Grove
- Funks Grove is located in McLean County
- Lilly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Lilly is located in Tazewell County
- Normal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normal
- Normal is located in McLean County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,451 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normal <5>
- Twin Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Twin Grove is located in McLean County
- Walnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Woodruff 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 Woodruff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodruff and extending to:
- Bloomington, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodruff to Bloomington, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 656 miles [1,055.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,045 miles [11,337.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,927 miles [7,929.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodruff. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for McLean County: www.mclean.gov/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Woodruff 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. |
| <2> | 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 Woodruff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Woodruff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodruff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5381, Longitude: -89.2315 In this case, the coordinates for Woodruff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Woodruff to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.488 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.346 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.72 degrees. |