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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 Woddale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woddale and the surrounding area.
- 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 Woddale:
- 40.091184, -79.524760
- 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 Woddale
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Woddale is near Westmoreland County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Woddale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woddale ...
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.
- Alice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alice is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Bear Rocks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Rocks is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Rocks
- Breakneck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Breakneck is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakneck
- Buckeye
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Coldbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Coldbrook is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook
- Hawkeye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Iron Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Bridge is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Bridge
- Kingview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kingview is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingview
- Morewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morewood is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
- Mount Joy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Orchard Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pinetree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pinetree is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetree
- Poplar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Ridge View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge View is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Standard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Standard is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Woddale to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woddale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Woddale and extending to:
- Uniontown, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woddale to Uniontown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 140 miles [225.3 km] to the east (E). 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 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,541 miles [7,308 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 'straight-line' (or 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- Woddale) 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 Woddale 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 Woddale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0912, Longitude: -79.5248 In this case, the coordinates for Woddale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.315 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.242 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.341 degrees. |
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