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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 Woodmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodmont and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Woodmont:
    • 39.631759, -78.304176
    • 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 Woodmont
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Woodmont is near Morgan County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Woodmont

Communities Also Named Woodmont ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Woodmont.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Woodmont.

Beyond Maryland, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Baltimore County
      • This Woodmont is located in Baltimore County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Woodmont.
    • Montgomery County
      • This Woodmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodmont.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Woodmont is located in Jefferson County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodmont.
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Woodmont is located in Saint Clair County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km] to the southwest of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Woodmont.
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Woodmont is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km] to the southwest of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Woodmont.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven 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 Connecticut community of Woodmont [New Haven County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Woodmont is located in Hillsborough County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Woodmont.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodmont.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Woodmont is located in Florence County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Woodmont.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Woodmont [Davidson County].
    • Virginia
      • Arlington County
      • This Woodmont is located in Arlington County and lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Woodmont.
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Woodmont is located in Chesterfield County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the south southeast of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Woodmont.
      • Stafford County
      • This Woodmont is located in Stafford County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south southeast of the Woodmont that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Woodmont.
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of Woodmont [King County].
    • West Virginia
      • Morgan County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Woodmont.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodmont ...

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.

  • Bath
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bath is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Burnt Factory
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Burnt Factory is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
  • Doe Gully
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Doe Gully is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
  • Forest Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Forest Park is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Harvey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Harvey is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
  • Jimtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jimtown is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Little Orleans
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Orleans Cross Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
  • Roundtop ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Roundtop is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
  • Sir Johns Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sir Johns Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir Johns Run

How Far From Woodmont 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 Woodmont to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodmont and extending to:

  • Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Woodmont to Hagerstown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 84 miles [135.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,919 miles [9,525.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Woodmont) 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 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 Woodmont 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 Woodmont 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 Woodmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6318, Longitude: -78.3042       In this case, the coordinates for Woodmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.60 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.359 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.976 degrees.