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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 Woodston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodston 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 Woodston:
- 39.454139, -99.097906
- 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 Woodston
- 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 Rooks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rooks County
- Since Woodston is near Osborne County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osborne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith 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 Woodston
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodston ...
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.
- Cedar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13 people
- Cheyenne Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cheyenne Gap is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Gap
- Covert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Covert is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Downs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairport is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Paradise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Plainville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Speed
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Speed is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Turkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waldo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waldo is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Former name for Waldo:
- Pleasant Run
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Waldo
- From Woodston to Waldo
How Far From Woodston 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 city such as Woodston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Woodston and extending to:
- Stockton, which is the Seat of Rooks County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Woodston to Stockton, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Topeka, which is the State Capital of Kansas, lies 185 miles [297.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,706 miles [10,792.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,460 miles [12,005.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,364 miles [8,632.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Woodston 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 Woodston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4541, Longitude: -99.0979 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.208 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.961 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.882 degrees. |
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