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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodside Park 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 Woodside Park:
- 40.290592, -86.526947
- 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 Park
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Woodside Park is near Boone County and also Tippecanoe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tippecanoe 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 Park
Communities Also Named Woodside Park ...
We found two communities that are also named Woodside Park.
Within Indiana, the name Woodside Park is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Woodside Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the east of the Woodside Park that is located in Clinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodside Park.
- Virginia
- Salem City
- This Woodside Park is located in Salem City and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodside Park that is located in Clinton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Woodside Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodside Park ...
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.
- Beard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beard is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Cyclone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cyclone is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Fickle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fickle is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickle
- Geetingsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Geetingsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geetingsville
- Kentwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kentwood is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Mechanicsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Michigantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mulberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Woodside Park 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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodside Park and extending to:
- Frankfort, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Woodside Park to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Woodside Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2906, Longitude: -86.5269 In this case, the coordinates for Woodside Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.715 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.283 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.49 degrees. |
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