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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 Wooster, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wooster 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 Wooster:
- 38.736725, -85.692743
- 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 Wooster
- 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
- Since Wooster is near Jefferson County and also Jennings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jennings 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 Wooster
Communities Also Named Wooster ...
We found seven communities that are also named Wooster.
There is one other community in Indiana that is also named Wooster.
Beyond Indiana, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Kosciusko County
- This Wooster is located in Kosciusko County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the north of the Wooster that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Wooster.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- This Wooster is located in Faulkner County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wooster that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Wooster.
- Georgia
- Meriwether County
- This Wooster is located in Meriwether County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the south of the Wooster that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Wooster.
- Kansas
- Wooster #1
- 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 Kansas community of Wooster.
- Michigan
- Newaygo County
- This Wooster is located in Newaygo County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the north of the Wooster that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newaygo County community of Wooster.
- Ohio
- Wayne County
- This Wooster is located in Wayne County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wooster that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Wooster.
- Texas
- Harris County
- This Wooster is located in Harris County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wooster that is located in Scott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Wooster.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wooster ...
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.
- Deputy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hilltown is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Kent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Little York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Little York is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Marysville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marysville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paris is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paris Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paris Crossing is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Crossing
- Pigeon Roost Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Retreat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Staples Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Staples Ford is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples Ford
- Swanville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Swanville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanville
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Wooster 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 Wooster to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wooster and extending to:
- Scottsburg, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wooster to Indianapolis, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,984 miles [11,239.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wooster) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wooster 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 Wooster 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 Wooster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7367, Longitude: -85.6927 In this case, the coordinates for Wooster have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.175 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.443 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.542 degrees. |
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