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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 Woodworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodworth and the surrounding area.
- 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 Woodworth:
- 40.659913, -87.845030
- 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 Woodworth
- 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 Iroquois County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- Since Woodworth is near Vermilion County and also Ford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vermilion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ford 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 Woodworth
Communities Also Named Woodworth ...
We found nine communities that are also named Woodworth.
Within Illinois, the name Woodworth is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sonoma County
- This Woodworth is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km]<1> to the west of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Woodworth.
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Woodworth is located in Rapides Parish and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Woodworth.
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Montana
- Deer Lodge 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 Montana community of Woodworth [Deer Lodge County].
- Missoula County
- This Woodworth is located in Missoula County and lies 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of Woodworth.
- North Carolina
- Vance County
- This Woodworth is located in Vance County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vance County community of Woodworth.
- North Dakota
- Stutsman County
- This Woodworth is located in Stutsman County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stutsman County community of Woodworth.
- Ohio
- Mahoning County
- This Woodworth is located in Mahoning County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the east of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Woodworth.
- Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- This Woodworth is located in Kenosha County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the north of the Woodworth that is located in Iroquois County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenosha County community of Woodworth.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodworth ...
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.
- Clarence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence is located in Ford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
- Crescent City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fountain Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fountain Creek is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Creek
- Freedville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Freedville is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedville
- Goodwine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hustle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hustle is located in Vermilion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustle
- Leonard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leonard is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Pitchin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pitchin is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitchin
- Woodland Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Junction is located in Iroquois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Junction
How Far From Woodworth to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woodworth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodworth and extending to:
- Watseka, which is the Seat of Iroquois County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodworth to Watseka, 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 585 miles [941.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,985 miles [11,241.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,866 miles [7,831.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Woodworth 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Woodworth 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 Woodworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6599, Longitude: -87.8450 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.575 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.318 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.016 degrees. |
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