Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodville Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodville Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodville Hills
- 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 Woodville Hills:
- 39.150326, -86.383326
- 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 Woodville Hills
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Woodville Hills is near Brown County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Brown County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodville 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.
- Cascade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Clear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clear Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Eastern Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Heights
- Eastern Heights is located in Monroe County
- Handy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Helmsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Knight Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knight Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Ridge
- Knight Ridge is located in Monroe County
- Marlin Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marlin Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin Hills
- Marlin Hills is located in Monroe County
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Story
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Story is located in Brown County
- Sunny Slopes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Slopes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes
- Sunny Slopes is located in Monroe County
- Town Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <3>
- Young
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Woodville 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 Woodville Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Woodville Hills and extending to:
- Bloomington, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<4> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Woodville Hills to Indianapolis, with an average speed<5> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 501 miles [806.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,266 miles [10,084.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,994 miles [11,255.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodville Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.in.us/
The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Woodville Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodville Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1503, Longitude: -86.3833 In this case, the coordinates for Woodville Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Woodville 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 313.617 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.008 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.743 degrees. |