Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodridge
- 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 Woodridge:
- 35.965432, -77.853592
- 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 Woodridge
- 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 Nash County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Nash County
- Since Woodridge is near Edgecombe County and also Wilson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Edgecombe County
- eBird sighting report for Wilson 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 Woodridge ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Woodridge.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Woodridge.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Woodridge is located in DuPage County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Woodridge.
- Lake County
- This Woodridge is located in Lake County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Woodridge.
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- This Woodridge lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Woodridge is located in Calvert County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Woodridge.
- Frederick County
- This Woodridge is located in Frederick County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the north of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodridge.
- Missouri
- New York
- Ontario
- This Woodridge lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the north of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Woodridge is located in Aiken County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Woodridge.
- Orangeburg County
- This Woodridge is located in Orangeburg County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the southwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Woodridge.
- Spartanburg County
- This Woodridge is located in Spartanburg County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km] to the west southwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Woodridge.
- Texas
- Orange County
- Although located in Orange County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Woodridge.
- Utah
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Woodridge is located in Albemarle County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Woodridge.
- Stafford County
- This Woodridge is located in Stafford County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the north of the Woodridge that is located in Nash County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Woodridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodridge ...
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.
- Forest Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Forest Oaks is located in Nash County
- Fox Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - High Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Meadows
- High Meadows is located in Nash County
- Little Easonburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Easonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Easonburg
- Little Easonburg is located in Nash County
- Meadow Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Meadow Brook is located in Edgecombe County
- Quail Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Quail Hollow is located in Nash County
- Red Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Rocky Mount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Rocky Mount is located in Edgecombe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,689 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Mount <4>
- Sandy Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Cross
- Sandy Cross is located in Nash County
- Sun Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sun Valley is located in Nash County
- Woodgreen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Woodridge 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 Woodridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodridge and extending to:
- Nashville, which is the Seat of Nash County, lies just to the West.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Woodridge to Raleigh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,752 miles [10,866.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Nash County: www.co.nash.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- Woodridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9654, Longitude: -77.8536 In this case, the coordinates for Woodridge 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 Woodridge 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Woodridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.50 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.69 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.108 degrees. |