Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wood Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wood Heights and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wood Heights

• 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 Wood Heights:
  • 39.341375, -94.163570
  • 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 Wood Heights

• 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 Ray County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ray County
  • Since Wood Heights is near Clay County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Wood Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wood Heights ...

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.

• Chick ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chick is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick
• Claysville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Claysville is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
• Coopers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Coopers is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
• Crescent Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Crescent Lake is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
• Crystal Lakes
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
• Elkhorn
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkhorn is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
• Golf Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Golf Hill is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Hill
• Homestead
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Homestead is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
• New Garden
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • New Garden is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
• Woods Heights
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Woods Heights is located in Ray County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wood Heights and extending to:

• Richmond, which is the Seat of Ray County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wood Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'