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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 Woodley Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodley Gardens 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 Woodley Gardens:
- 39.098441, -77.172758
- 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 Woodley Gardens
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Woodley Gardens is near Fairfax County and also Loudoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun 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 Woodley Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodley Gardens ...
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.
- Beantown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beantown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
- Big Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Pines is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
- Diamond Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Farms
- Falls Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Falls Orchard is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Orchard
- Fallsgrove
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fallsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsgrove
- Glen Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hills
- Hunting Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hunting Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hill
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Log Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Londonderry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Londonderry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Observatory Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Observatory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Observatory Heights
- Orchard Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
- Rock Creek Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Village
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rockcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockcrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcrest
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Rock is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rock
- Stonebridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stonebridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebridge
- Twin Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
- Winters Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Winters Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run
How Far From Woodley Gardens 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 Woodley Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Woodley Gardens and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Woodley Gardens to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodley Gardens) 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 Woodley Gardens 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 Woodley Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0984, Longitude: -77.1728 In this case, the coordinates for Woodley Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.957 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.546 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.694 degrees. |
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