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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 Woodbourne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodbourne 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 Woodbourne:
    • 40.192331, -74.888777
    • 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 Woodbourne
  • 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 Woodbourne ...

We found five communities that share the name Woodbourne.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Woodbourne.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Susquehanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Woodbourne [Susquehanna County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Woodbourne is located in Sussex County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the north of the Woodbourne that is located in Bucks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Woodbourne.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Woodbourne is located in Sullivan County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the north of the Woodbourne that is located in Bucks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Woodbourne.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodbourne is located in Montgomery County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<2> to the west of the Woodbourne that is located in Bucks County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodbourne.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Woodbourne.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodbourne ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Valley
    • Birch Valley is located in Bucks County
  • Bridgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
    • Bridgetown is located in Bucks County
  • Bucktoe
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucktoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktoe
    • Bucktoe is located in Bucks County
  • Cobalt Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobalt Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Ridge
    • Cobalt Ridge is located in Bucks County
  • Crabtree Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crabtree Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hollow
    • Crabtree Hollow is located in Bucks County
  • Dogwood Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Hollow
    • Dogwood Hollow is located in Bucks County
  • Elderberry Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elderberry Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderberry Pond
    • Elderberry Pond is located in Bucks County
  • Fairless Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fairless Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairless Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairless Junction
    • Fairless Junction is located in Bucks County
  • Glenlake
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenlake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake
    • Glenlake is located in Bucks County
  • Goldenridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldenridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenridge
    • Goldenridge is located in Bucks County
  • Holly Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
    • Holly Hill is located in Bucks County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Indian Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
      • Indian Creek is located in Bucks County
    • Maple Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
      • Maple Point is located in Bucks County
    • Oaktree Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oaktree Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree Hollow
      • Oaktree Hollow is located in Bucks County
    • Red Cedar Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cedar Hill
      • Red Cedar Hill is located in Bucks County
    • Thornridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
      • Thornridge is located in Bucks County
    • Violet Wood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Wood
      • Violet Wood is located in Bucks County
    • Will O Wood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Will O Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will O Wood
      • Will O Wood is located in Bucks County
    • Woodside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Woodside is located in Bucks County
    • Yellowood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowood
      • Yellowood is located in Bucks County

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

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

  • Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodbourne to Doylestown, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,458 miles [10,393.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,335 miles [6,976.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Bucks County: www.buckscounty.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.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 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 Woodbourne 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 '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- Woodbourne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodbourne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1923, Longitude: -74.8888       In this case, the coordinates for Woodbourne 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 Woodbourne 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 306.519 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.086 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.274 degrees.









 

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