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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 Will O Wood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Will O Wood 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 Will O Wood:
    • 40.159554, -74.829886
    • 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 Will O Wood
  • 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Since Will O Wood is near Burlington County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Will O Wood

Curious and Interesting Names Near Will O Wood ...

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.

  • Birch Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Birch Valley is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Valley
  • Cobalt Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cobalt Ridge is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Ridge
  • Crabtree Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Crabtree Hollow is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hollow
  • Dogwood Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Dogwood Hollow is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Hollow
  • Elderberry Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Elderberry Pond is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderberry Pond
  • Fairless Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Goldenridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Goldenridge is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenridge
  • Holly Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Holly Hill is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Indian Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Creek is located in Bucks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Oaktree Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Oaktree Hollow is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree Hollow
    • Red Cedar Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Red Cedar Hill is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cedar Hill
    • Thornridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Thornridge is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
    • Violet Wood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Violet Wood is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Wood
    • Wheat Sheaf
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
    • Yellowood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Yellowood is located in Bucks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowood

How Far From Will O Wood 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 Will O Wood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Will O Wood and extending to:

  • Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Will O Wood to Doylestown, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the west (W). 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 146 miles [235 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Will O Wood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Will O Wood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Will O Wood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1596, Longitude: -74.8299       In this case, the coordinates for Will O Wood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.487 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.045 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.263 degrees.