Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodridge
- 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 Woodridge:
- 33.540431, -80.914259
- 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 Woodridge
- 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 Orangeburg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Orangeburg County
- Since Woodridge is near Calhoun County and also Bamberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Bamberg 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Woodridge ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Woodridge.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Woodridge.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In South Carolina ...
- Aiken County
- Spartanburg County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- This Woodridge is located in DuPage County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Woodridge.
- Lake County
- This Woodridge is located in Lake County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km] to the north northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Woodridge.
- Indiana
- Manitoba
- This Woodridge lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Woodridge is located in Calvert County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Woodridge.
- Frederick County
- This Woodridge is located in Frederick County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km] to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodridge.
- Missouri
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nash County
- This Woodridge is located in Nash County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Woodridge.
- Wake County
- This Woodridge is located in Wake County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Woodridge.
- Ontario
- This Woodridge lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- Texas
- Orange County
- Although located in Orange County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Woodridge.
- Utah
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Woodridge is located in Albemarle County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Woodridge.
- Stafford County
- This Woodridge is located in Stafford County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km] to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Orangeburg County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Woodridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodridge ...
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.
- Creekmoor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Great Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Branch
- Great Branch is located in Orangeburg County
- Greenfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Orangeburg County
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Hillview
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Hunter Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
- Hunter Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Marshall Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Marshall Heights is located in Orangeburg County
- Meadowridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowridge
- Meadowridge is located in Orangeburg County
- Pecanway Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecanway Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecanway Terrace
- Pecanway Terrace is located in Orangeburg County
- Pine Needles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Needles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Needles
- Pine Needles is located in Orangeburg County
- Pine Tops
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Orangeburg County
- Turkey Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
- Turkey Hill is located in Orangeburg County
- Windy Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windy Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
- Windy Hills is located in Orangeburg County
How Far From Woodridge 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 Woodridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodridge and extending to:
- Orangeburg, which is the Seat of Orangeburg County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Woodridge to Columbia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 428 miles [688.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodridge. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Orangeburg County: www.orangeburgcounty.org/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Woodridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5404, Longitude: -80.9143 In this case, the coordinates for Woodridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Woodridge 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> | 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 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 Woodridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.248 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.34 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.015 degrees. |