Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodbury
- 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 Woodbury:
- 46.679114, -92.959931
- 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 Woodbury
- 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 Carlton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Carlton County
- Since Woodbury is near Aitkin County and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Aitkin County
- eBird sighting report for Saint Louis 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 Woodbury ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Woodbury.
There are two communities within Minnesota that are also named Woodbury.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Ramsey County
- Washington County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Woodbury is located in Nassau County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodbury that is located in Carlton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Woodbury.
- Orange County
- This Woodbury is located in Orange County and lies 1,003 miles [1,614.2 km] to the east southeast of the Woodbury that is located in Carlton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Woodbury.
- Queens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woodbury [Queens County].
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Carroll County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Woodbury.
- Delaware County
- This community is historic and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Woodbury.
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodbury ...
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.
- Floodwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floodwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
- Floodwood is located in Saint Louis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floodwood <5>
- Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Kettle River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle River
- Kettle River is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kettle River <5>
- Libby
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
- Libby is located in Aitkin County
- Moose Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Lake
- Moose Lake is located in Carlton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,790 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Lake <5>
- Otter Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Otter Creek is located in Carlton County
- Ronald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Sturgeon Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Lake
- Sturgeon Lake is located in Pine County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgeon Lake <5>
How Far From Woodbury 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 Woodbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodbury and extending to:
- Carlton, which is the Seat of Carlton County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Woodbury to Carlton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 966 miles [1,554.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,125 miles [9,857.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Carlton County: www.co.carlton.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Woodbury 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Woodbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6791, Longitude: -92.9599 In this case, the coordinates for Woodbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Woodbury, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Woodbury to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.067 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.128 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.003 degrees. |