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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.

  • 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 Woodhill:
    • 35.806455, -88.622277
    • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Woodhill is near Henderson County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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.

Within Tennessee, the name Woodhill is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Woodhill [Jefferson County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This Woodhill is located in Clay County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Woodhill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Woodhill.
    • Ontario
      • This Woodhill lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Woodhill that is located in Carroll County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Woodhill is located in Bucks County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Woodhill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Woodhill.
      • Venango County
      • This Woodhill is located in Venango County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km] to the northeast of the Woodhill that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Woodhill.

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.

  • Blue Goose
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Blue Goose is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Goose
  • Cedar Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Goat City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Goat City is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goat City
  • Graball
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Graball is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graball
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 236 people
  • Hickory Flat
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Flat is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
  • Hopewell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hopewell is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Independence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Independence is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
  • Jumbo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jumbo is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Law
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Law is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Law
  • Spain ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spain is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spain
  • Spring Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Creek is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Terry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Terry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry

How Far From Woodhill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Woodhill once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodhill and extending to:

  • Huntingdon, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodhill to Huntingdon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 105 miles [169 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,237 miles [11,646.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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.
<2>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'.
<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 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 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: 35.8065, Longitude: -88.6223       In this case, the coordinates for Woodhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.929 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.049 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.566 degrees.