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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 Woodhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodhill 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 Woodhill:
- 40.291774, -74.939333
- 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 Woodhill
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Woodhill is near Mercer County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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 Woodhill
Communities Also Named Woodhill ...
We found five communities that are also named Woodhill.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Woodhill.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located 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 ...
- Venango County
- This Woodhill is located in Venango County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodhill that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Woodhill.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woodhill [Jefferson County].
- Missouri
- Clay County
- This Woodhill is located in Clay County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the west of the Woodhill that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Woodhill.
- Ontario
- This Woodhill lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodhill that is located in Bucks County.
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Woodhill [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodhill ...
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.
- Bear Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Park is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Points is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hood is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Little Italy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Little Italy is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Reeder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reeder is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
- Rushland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ryans Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ryans Corner is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
- Stoopville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stoopville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoopville
- Woodside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Woodhill 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 Woodhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodhill and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Woodhill to Doylestown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 102 miles [164.2 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 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 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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- Woodhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Woodhill 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodhill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Woodhill 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 Woodhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2918, Longitude: -74.9393 In this case, the coordinates for Woodhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.539 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.125 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.253 degrees. |
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