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 Woodcrest:
39.978997, -75.574097
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 Woodcrest
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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nineteen communities that are also named Woodcrest.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Woodcrest is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Woodcrest is located in Jefferson County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodcrest.
California
Riverside County
This Woodcrest is located in Riverside County and lies 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km]<1> to the west of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Woodcrest.
Delaware
Kent County
This Woodcrest is located in Kent County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Woodcrest.
New Castle County
This Woodcrest is located in New Castle County and lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the south of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Woodcrest.
Georgia
Bibb County
This Woodcrest is located in Bibb County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Woodcrest.
DeKalb County
This Woodcrest is located in DeKalb County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Woodcrest.
Illinois
Henry County
This Woodcrest is located in Henry County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Woodcrest.
Saint Clair County
This Woodcrest is located in Saint Clair County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the west of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Woodcrest.
Winnebago County
This Woodcrest is located in Winnebago County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the west northwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Woodcrest.
Indiana
Morgan County
This Woodcrest is located in Morgan County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the west of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Woodcrest.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Woodcrest is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Woodcrest.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Woodcrest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woodcrest.
Frederick County
This Woodcrest is located in Frederick County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodcrest.
Harford County
This Woodcrest is located in Harford County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Woodcrest.
Mississippi
Monroe County
This Woodcrest is located in Monroe County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Woodcrest.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Woodcrest is located in Camden County and lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Woodcrest.
North Carolina
Davidson County
This Woodcrest is located in Davidson County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Woodcrest.
Stanly County
This Woodcrest is located in Stanly County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanly County community of Woodcrest.
Wake County
This Woodcrest is located in Wake County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the south southwest of the Woodcrest that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Woodcrest.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodcrest ...
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.
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 Woodcrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodcrest and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Woodcrest to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 107 miles [172.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,373 miles [7,037.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Woodcrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Woodcrest 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 Woodcrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9790, Longitude: -75.5741 In this case, the coordinates for Woodcrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.944 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.534 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.659 degrees.