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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 Wooddale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wooddale 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 Wooddale:
- 41.081482, -75.177679
- 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 Wooddale
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Wooddale is near Pike County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Wooddale
Communities Also Named Wooddale ...
We found eight communities that are also named Wooddale.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Wooddale.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Fayette 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 Wooddale [Fayette County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- This Wooddale is located in Coffee County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wooddale that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Wooddale.
- Shelby County
- This Wooddale is located in Shelby County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km] to the southwest of the Wooddale that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Wooddale.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Wooddale is located in New Castle County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wooddale that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wooddale.
- Illinois
- Peoria 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 Illinois community of Wooddale [Peoria County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Wooddale lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wooddale that is located in Monroe County.
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- This Wooddale is located in Knox County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wooddale that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Wooddale.
- Wisconsin
- Sawyer County
- This Wooddale is located in Sawyer County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wooddale that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sawyer County community of Wooddale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wooddale ...
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.
- Craigs Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Craigs Meadow is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Meadow
- Delaware Water Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Echo Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Echo Lake is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Foxtown Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Foxtown Hill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown Hill
- Gravel Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Place is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Place
- Henryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lower Tannersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Tannersville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tannersville
- Marshalls Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainhome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Paradise Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Valley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley
- Poplar Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Bridge
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Saw Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saw Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saw Creek
- Scotrun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shoemakers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shoemakers is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
- Snow Hill Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Snow Hill Falls is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill Falls
- Swiftwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tannersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turn Villa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Turn Villa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Villa
How Far From Wooddale 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 Wooddale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wooddale and extending to:
- Stroudsburg, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the South.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wooddale to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,314 miles [6,942.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wooddale 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wooddale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wooddale 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 Wooddale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0815, Longitude: -75.1777 In this case, the coordinates for Wooddale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.605 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.326 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.015 degrees. |
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