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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 Woodburn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodburn 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 Woodburn:
    • 36.183415, -83.813242
    • 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 Woodburn
  • 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Since Woodburn is near Knox County and also Grainger County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grainger 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 Woodburn

Communities Also Named Woodburn ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Woodburn.

Within Tennessee, the name Woodburn is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Macoupin County
      • This Woodburn is located in Macoupin County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Woodburn.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Woodburn is located in Allen County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the north of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Woodburn.
    • Iowa
      • Clarke County
      • This Woodburn is located in Clarke County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Woodburn.
    • Kentucky
      • Warren County
      • This Woodburn is located in Warren County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Woodburn.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodburn is located in Montgomery County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodburn.
    • Michigan
      • Mason 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 Michigan community of Woodburn [Mason County].
      • Oceana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woodburn [Oceana County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower 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 Mississippi community of Woodburn [Sunflower County].
    • Nebraska
      • Platte County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Platte County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Woodburn.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Woodburn is located in Brunswick County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Woodburn.
      • Person 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 North Carolina community of Woodburn [Person County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Woodburn lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Woodburn is located in Hamilton County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the north of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Woodburn.
    • Ontario
      • This Woodburn lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • This Woodburn is located in Marion County and lies 2,113 miles [3,400.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Woodburn.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • This Woodburn is located in Susquehanna County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Woodburn.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Woodburn is located in Oconee County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Woodburn.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Woodburn is located in Loudoun County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Woodburn.
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Woodburn is located in Monongalia County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodburn that is located in Union County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Woodburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodburn ...

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.

  • Blaine
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Copper Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
  • House Mountain ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • House Mountain is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Mountain
  • Hurricane Branch ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hurricane Branch is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Branch
  • Lickskillet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lickskillet is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
  • Paulette
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Paulette is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
  • Pinhook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pinhook is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
  • Plainview
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Plainview is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
  • Raccoon Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Raccoon Valley is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Valley
  • Sunrise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sunrise is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Woodburn once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodburn and extending to:

  • Maynardville, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the North.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Woodburn to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 415 miles [667.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,302 miles [10,142.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,013 miles [11,286.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Woodburn) 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 Woodburn 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 Woodburn, 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 Woodburn 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 Woodburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1834, Longitude: -83.8132       In this case, the coordinates for Woodburn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.983 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.711 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.43 degrees.