Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Woodville Gardens

• 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 Woodville Gardens:
  • 41.591994, -83.450486
  • 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 Woodville Gardens

• 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
  • Since Woodville Gardens is near Lucas County and also Ottawa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ottawa 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Woodville Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodville Gardens ...

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.

• Bieber
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bieber is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bieber
• Booth
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Booth is located in Lucas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
• Cedar Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cedar Creek is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
• Cedar Creek Woods
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cedar Creek Woods is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Woods
• Crane Creek Place
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Crane Creek Place is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Creek Place
• Crosswoods
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Crosswoods is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswoods
• Indian Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Creek is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
• Mound View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mound View is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound View
• Moundview Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Moundview Park is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundview Park
• Orchard View
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Orchard View is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
• Stanley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stanley is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Woodville Gardens and extending to:

• Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodville Gardens to Bowling Green, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,038 miles [9,717.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,768 miles [10,892 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'