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 Northwoods:
30.547410, -90.997881
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.
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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected East Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found fourteen communities that share the name Northwoods.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Northwoods.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Louisiana ...
Caddo Parish
This Northwoods is located in Caddo Parish and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Northwoods.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Apache County
This Northwoods is located in Apache County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Northwoods.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Northwoods is located in Hillsborough County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Northwoods.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Northwoods is located in Bibb County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Northwoods.
DeKalb County
This Northwoods is located in DeKalb County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km] to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Northwoods.
Illinois
DeKalb County
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 Illinois community of Northwoods [DeKalb County].
Madison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Northwoods [Madison County].
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Northwoods is located in Rankin County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Northwoods.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the north of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Northwoods.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Northwoods is located in Wake County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Northwoods.
Ohio
Franklin County
This Northwoods is located in Franklin County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Northwoods.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Northwoods is located in Hamilton County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Northwoods.
Virginia
Henrico County
This Northwoods is located in Henrico County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Northwoods.
Washington
Skamania County
This Northwoods is located in Skamania County and lies 1,973 miles [3,175.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northwoods that is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skamania County community of Northwoods.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northwoods ...
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.
Bon Dickey (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Dickey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Northwoods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northwoods and extending to:
Baton Rouge, which is the Seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Northwoods to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 978 miles [1,573.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,580 miles [12,198.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,456 miles [8,780.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Northwoods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northwoods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5474, Longitude: -90.9979 In this case, the coordinates for Northwoods 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Northwoods 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 parish. 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>
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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Northwoods 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 315.954 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.528 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.494 degrees.