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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 The Woodlands:
35.698487, -78.642227
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We found 25 communities that share the name The Woodlands.
Within North Carolina, the name The Woodlands is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, twenty are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This The Woodlands is located in Madison County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the west of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of The Woodlands.
British Columbia
This The Woodlands lies 2,400 miles [3,862.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
California
San Bernardino County
This The Woodlands is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,147 miles [3,455.3 km]<1> to the west of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of The Woodlands.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This The Woodlands is located in Hillsborough County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of The Woodlands.
Georgia
Cherokee County
This The Woodlands is located in Cherokee County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of The Woodlands.
Oconee County
This The Woodlands is located in Oconee County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km] to the west southwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of The Woodlands.
Illinois
Cook County
This The Woodlands is located in Cook County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of The Woodlands.
Indiana
Boone County
This The Woodlands is located in Boone County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of The Woodlands.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This The Woodlands is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of The Woodlands.
Vernon Parish
This The Woodlands is located in Vernon Parish and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km] to the west southwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of The Woodlands.
Manitoba
This The Woodlands lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This The Woodlands is located in Baltimore County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of The Woodlands.
Washington County
This The Woodlands is located in Washington County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the north of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of The Woodlands.
New Brunswick
This The Woodlands lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
New Hampshire
Belknap County
This The Woodlands is located in Belknap County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belknap County community of The Woodlands.
New York
Saratoga County
This The Woodlands is located in Saratoga County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of The Woodlands.
Westchester County
This The Woodlands is located in Westchester County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the north northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of The Woodlands.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of The Woodlands.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This The Woodlands is located in Montgomery County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of The Woodlands.
Quebec
This The Woodlands lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
Tennessee
Cumberland County
This The Woodlands is located in Cumberland County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the west of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of The Woodlands.
Texas
Montgomery County
This The Woodlands is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of The Woodlands.
Virginia
Bedford County
This The Woodlands is located in Bedford County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of The Woodlands.
Roanoke County
This The Woodlands is located in Roanoke County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the north northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of The Woodlands.
West Virginia
Marshall County
This The Woodlands is located in Marshall County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the The Woodlands that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of The Woodlands.
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Woodlands ...
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.
Cloverdale (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale 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 The Woodlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Woodlands and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from The Woodlands 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 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Woodlands) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Woodlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6985, Longitude: -78.6422 In this case, the coordinates for The Woodlands 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands 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 308.955 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.171 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.502 degrees.