Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodbine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodbine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodbine
- 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 Woodbine:
- 36.406526, -79.958096
- 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 Woodbine
- 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 Rockingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- Since Woodbine is near Stokes County and also Guilford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Stokes County
- eBird sighting report for Guilford 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 Woodbine ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Woodbine.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Woodbine.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess County
- This Woodbine is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Woodbine.
- Will County
- This Woodbine is located in Will County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km] to the northwest of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Woodbine.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- New Jersey
- Nova Scotia
- This Woodbine lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- This Woodbine is located in Butler County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the north of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Woodbine.
- Chester County
- This Woodbine is located in Chester County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km] to the northeast of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Woodbine.
- Huntingdon 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 Pennsylvania community of Woodbine [Huntingdon County].
- York County
- This Woodbine is located in York County and lies 302 miles [486 km] to the northeast of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Woodbine.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Montgomery County
- This Woodbine is located in Montgomery County and lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodbine.
- Portsmouth City
- This Woodbine is located in Portsmouth City and lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portsmouth City community of Woodbine.
- Prince William County
- This Woodbine is located in Prince William County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the northeast of the Woodbine that is located in Rockingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Woodbine.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodbine ...
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.
- Beaver Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Island
- Beaver Island is located in Rockingham County
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Buffalo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Ceramic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Dan Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dan Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan Valley
- Dan Valley is located in Rockingham County
- Deep Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Springs
- Deep Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Delta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Dodgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Green Knolls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Knolls
- Green Knolls is located in Rockingham County
- Homestead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Idol Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Matrimony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matrimony
- Matrimony is located in Rockingham County
- Pleasantville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Pleasantville is located in Rockingham County
- Price
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Rockingham County
- Ravenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Riverbend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Whispering Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Rockingham County
- Matrimony
How Far From Woodbine 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 Woodbine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodbine and extending to:
- Wentworth, which is the Seat of Rockingham County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Woodbine to Wentworth, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 85 miles [136.8 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,710 miles [7,580 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodbine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodbine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodbine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4065, Longitude: -79.9581 In this case, the coordinates for Woodbine 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Woodbine 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 Woodbine 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 309.70 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.127 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.79 degrees. |