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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 Woodcock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodcock 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 Woodcock:
    • 41.757001, -80.083945
    • 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 Woodcock
  • 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
    • Since Woodcock is near Erie County and also Venango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Venango 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 Woodcock

Communities Also Named Woodcock ...

We found one communities that are also named Woodcock.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Woodcock is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Woodcock in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Woodcock lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodcock that is located in Crawford County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodcock ...

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.

  • Coons Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
  • Crossingville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Crossingville is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossingville
  • Dennys Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
  • Draketown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Draketown is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
  • Fountain House Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fredericksburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fredericksburg is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Frenchtown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
  • Guys Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Head
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Head is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • Little Cooley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Little Cooley is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cooley
  • Littles Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
  • Meadville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Rootville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Rootville is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville

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

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

  • Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodcock to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,899 miles [9,493.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,498 miles [7,238.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodcock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Woodcock 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 Woodcock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7570, Longitude: -80.0839       In this case, the coordinates for Woodcock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.568 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.783 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.975 degrees.