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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 Woodland Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodland Beach 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 Woodland Beach:
    • 41.940045, -83.313264
    • 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 Woodland Beach
  • 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 Woodland Beach ...

We found five communities that share the name Woodland Beach.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Woodland Beach.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Van Buren County
      • This Woodland Beach is located in Van Buren County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west of the Woodland Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Woodland Beach.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Woodland Beach is located in Kent County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodland Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Woodland Beach.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Woodland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodland Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woodland Beach.
    • Ontario
      • This Woodland Beach lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodland Beach that is located in Monroe County.
    • Washington
      • Island 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 Woodland Beach [Island County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodland Beach ...

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.

  • Cherry Island
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Island
    • Cherry Island is located in Wayne County
  • Flat Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Flat Rock is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <4>
  • Grand View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
    • Grand View is located in Monroe County
  • Grape
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape
    • Grape is located in Monroe County
  • Luna Pier
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna Pier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna Pier
    • Luna Pier is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luna Pier <4>
  • Maple Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Maple Beach is located in Wayne County
  • Maybee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
    • Rockwood is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwood <4>
  • Stony Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Stony Creek is located in Monroe County
  • Stony Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Monroe County
  • Sunset Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Willow is located in Wayne County

How Far From Woodland Beach 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 community such as Woodland Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Monroe, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Woodland Beach to Lansing, 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 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,017 miles [9,683.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,626 miles [7,444.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodland Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.mi.us/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodland Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodland Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9400, Longitude: -83.3133       In this case, the coordinates for Woodland Beach 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 Woodland Beach 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>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 Woodland Beach 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 311.612 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.128 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.441 degrees.




 

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