Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodrow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodrow and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodrow
- 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 Woodrow:
- 37.741450, -86.319697
- 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 Woodrow
- 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 Breckinridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
- Since Woodrow is near Hardin County and also Meade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- eBird sighting report for Meade 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
Communities Also Named Woodrow ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Woodrow.
Within Kentucky, the name Woodrow is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Woodrow lies 3,095 miles [4,980.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Craven County
- This Woodrow is located in Craven County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craven County community of Woodrow.
- Haywood County
- This Woodrow is located in Haywood County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Woodrow.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Woodrow lies 1,303 miles [2,097 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- This Woodrow is located in Giles County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the south of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Woodrow.
- Sullivan County
- This Woodrow is located in Sullivan County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east southeast of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Woodrow.
- Texas
- Hill County
- This Woodrow is located in Hill County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Woodrow.
- Lubbock County
- This Woodrow is located in Lubbock County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km] to the west southwest of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lubbock County community of Woodrow.
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Morgan County
- This Woodrow is located in Morgan County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Woodrow.
- Pocahontas County
- This Woodrow is located in Pocahontas County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east of the Woodrow that is located in Breckinridge County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Woodrow.
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodrow ...
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.
- Cave Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Cave Spring is located in Breckinridge County
- Centerview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Centerview is located in Breckinridge County
- Codyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Dyer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Dyer is located in Breckinridge County
- Graysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Breckinridge County
- High Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
- High Plains is located in Breckinridge County
- High Plains Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Plains Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains Corner
- High Plains Corner is located in Breckinridge County
- Kingswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Locust Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
- Locust Hill is located in Breckinridge County
How Far From Woodrow to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woodrow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodrow and extending to:
- Hardinsburg, which is the Seat of Breckinridge County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodrow to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over 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 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,929 miles [7,932.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodrow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Woodrow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodrow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7415, Longitude: -86.3197 In this case, the coordinates for Woodrow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Woodrow 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodrow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Woodrow 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 313.555 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.737 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.092 degrees. |