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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Woods Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods Mill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Woods Mill:
    • 44.121453, -75.578259
    • 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 Woods Mill
  • 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 Woods Mill ...

We found five communities that share the name Woods Mill.

Within New York, the name Woods Mill is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Heard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Woods Mill [Heard County].
    • Michigan
      • Montcalm County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woods Mill [Montcalm County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Woods Mill is located in Cheshire County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woods Mill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Woods Mill.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Woods Mill is located in Gallia County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Woods Mill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Woods Mill.
    • Virginia
      • Nelson County
      • This Woods Mill is located in Nelson County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Woods Mill that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Woods Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods Mill ...

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.

  • Carthage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Carthage is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,256 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <4>
  • Dutch Settlement
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
    • Dutch Settlement is located in Jefferson County
  • Evans Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fargo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
    • Fargo is located in Jefferson County
  • Felts Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felts Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felts Mills
    • Felts Mills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Felts Mills <4>
  • Great Bend
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Halls Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
    • Halls Corner is located in Jefferson County
  • Herrings
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
    • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
  • Natural Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxbow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pikes Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pikes Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Corner
    • Pikes Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Reedville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
    • Reedville is located in Jefferson County
  • Texas
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Texas is located in Lewis County

How Far From Woods Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woods Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods Mill and extending to:

  • Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woods Mill to Watertown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 368 miles [592.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,619 miles [9,042.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,218 miles [6,788.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Woods Mill 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Woods Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woods Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1215, Longitude: -75.5783       In this case, the coordinates for Woods Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Woods Mill 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 306.517 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.718 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.824 degrees.




 

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