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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 Northwoods:
35.804595, -78.780284
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.
We found fourteen communities that share the name Northwoods.
Within North Carolina, the name Northwoods is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Apache County
This Northwoods is located in Apache County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the west of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Northwoods.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Northwoods is located in Hillsborough County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Northwoods.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Northwoods is located in Bibb County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Northwoods.
DeKalb County
This Northwoods is located in DeKalb County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the west southwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Northwoods.
Illinois
DeKalb 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 Illinois community of Northwoods [DeKalb County].
Madison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Northwoods [Madison County].
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Northwoods is located in Caddo Parish and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<1> to the west of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Northwoods.
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Northwoods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the west southwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Northwoods.
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Northwoods is located in Rankin County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Northwoods.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Northwoods.
Ohio
Franklin County
This Northwoods is located in Franklin County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Northwoods.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Northwoods is located in Hamilton County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the west of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Northwoods.
Virginia
Henrico County
This Northwoods is located in Henrico County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Northwoods.
Washington
Skamania County
This Northwoods is located in Skamania County and lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Northwoods that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skamania County community of Northwoods.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northwoods ...
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.
Blackhawk (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackhawk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Northwoods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northwoods and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the East Southeast.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Northwoods to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,682 miles [7,534.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Northwoods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northwoods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8046, Longitude: -78.7803 In this case, the coordinates for Northwoods 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 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 Northwoods 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 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 Northwoods to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.032 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.274 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.52 degrees.