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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 Woodburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodburn 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 Woodburn:
    • 39.129782, -84.476609
    • 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 Woodburn
  • 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 Woodburn ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Woodburn.

Within Ohio, the name Woodburn is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Macoupin County
      • This Woodburn is located in Macoupin County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the west of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Woodburn.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Woodburn is located in Allen County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the north of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Woodburn.
    • Iowa
      • Clarke County
      • This Woodburn is located in Clarke County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Woodburn.
    • Kentucky
      • Warren County
      • This Woodburn is located in Warren County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Woodburn.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodburn is located in Montgomery County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the east of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodburn.
    • Michigan
      • Mason 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 Michigan community of Woodburn [Mason County].
      • Oceana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodburn [Oceana County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower 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 Mississippi community of Woodburn [Sunflower County].
    • Nebraska
      • Platte County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Platte County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Woodburn.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Woodburn is located in Brunswick County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Woodburn.
      • Person 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 North Carolina community of Woodburn [Person County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Woodburn lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
    • Ontario
      • This Woodburn lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • This Woodburn is located in Marion County and lies 1,989 miles [3,201 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Woodburn.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Woodburn is located in Susquehanna County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Woodburn.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Woodburn is located in Oconee County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Woodburn.
    • Tennessee
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Woodburn [Union County].
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Woodburn is located in Loudoun County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the east of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Woodburn.
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Woodburn is located in Monongalia County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the east of the Woodburn that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Woodburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodburn ...

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.

  • Bucktown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucktown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
    • Bucktown is located in Hamilton County
  • Frenchmens Corner ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchmens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmens Corner
    • Frenchmens Corner is located in Hamilton County
  • Idlewild
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idlewild have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
    • Idlewild is located in Hamilton County
  • Ivorydale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivorydale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale
    • Ivorydale is located in Hamilton County
  • Ivorydale Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivorydale Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivorydale Junction
    • Ivorydale Junction is located in Hamilton County
  • Jerusalem
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerusalem have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
    • Jerusalem is located in Hamilton County
  • Lincoln Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Court
    • Lincoln Court is located in Hamilton County
  • Little Bethlehem
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Bethlehem have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bethlehem
    • Little Bethlehem is located in Hamilton County
  • Little Buck ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Buck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Buck
    • Little Buck is located in Hamilton County
  • Mount Lookout
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Lookout have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lookout
    • Mount Lookout is located in Hamilton County
  • Over-The-Rhine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Over-The-Rhine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Over-The-Rhine
    • Over-The-Rhine is located in Hamilton County
  • Walnut Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
    • Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
  • Woodlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Campbell County (KY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people

How Far From Woodburn 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 Woodburn to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cincinnati, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodburn to Columbus, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 399 miles [642.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1298, Longitude: -84.4766       In this case, the coordinates for Woodburn 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Woodburn 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Woodburn 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 312.41 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.624 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.879 degrees.









 

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