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 Woodcrest:
35.840415, -80.264495
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 Woodcrest
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 Davidson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nineteen communities that are also named Woodcrest.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Woodcrest.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Stanly County
This Woodcrest is located in Stanly County and lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the south of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Woodcrest.
Wake County
This Woodcrest is located in Wake County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the east of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Woodcrest.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Woodcrest is located in Jefferson County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodcrest.
California
Riverside County
This Woodcrest is located in Riverside County and lies 2,093 miles [3,368.4 km]<1> to the west of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Woodcrest.
Delaware
Kent County
This Woodcrest is located in Kent County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Woodcrest.
New Castle County
This Woodcrest is located in New Castle County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km] to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Woodcrest.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Woodcrest is located in Bibb County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Woodcrest.
DeKalb County
This Woodcrest is located in DeKalb County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Woodcrest.
Illinois
Henry County
This Woodcrest is located in Henry County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Woodcrest.
Saint Clair County
This Woodcrest is located in Saint Clair County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km] to the west northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Woodcrest.
Winnebago County
This Woodcrest is located in Winnebago County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km] to the northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Woodcrest.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Woodcrest is located in Morgan County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Woodcrest.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Woodcrest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Woodcrest.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Woodcrest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woodcrest.
Frederick County
This Woodcrest is located in Frederick County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km] to the north northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodcrest.
Harford County
This Woodcrest is located in Harford County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Woodcrest.
Mississippi
Monroe County
This Woodcrest is located in Monroe County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Woodcrest.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Woodcrest is located in Camden County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Woodcrest.
Pennsylvania
Chester County
This Woodcrest is located in Chester County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Woodcrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodcrest ...
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.
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 Woodcrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodcrest and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Woodcrest to Raleigh, with an average speed<2>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 6 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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,868 miles [11,053 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,747 miles [7,639.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Woodcrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Woodcrest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8404, Longitude: -80.2645 In this case, the coordinates for Woodcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.885 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.256 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.09 degrees.