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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 Woden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woden 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 Woden:
- 31.503919, -94.529630
- 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 Woden
- 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 Nacogdoches County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
- Since Woden is near Angelina County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Woden
Communities Also Named Woden ...
We found two communities that are also named Woden.
Within Texas, the name Woden is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Hancock County
- This Woden is located in Hancock County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the north of the Woden that is located in Nacogdoches County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Woden.
- Winnebago 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 Iowa community of Woden [Winnebago County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woden ...
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.
- Bonita Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bonita Junction is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Junction
- Climax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Climax is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Lacyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lacyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacyville
- Martinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plainview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Poe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Poe is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Rocky Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Swift
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Woden 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 Woden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woden and extending to:
- Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woden to Nacogdoches, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,688 miles [12,372.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Woden) 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 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 Woden 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> | 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 Woden 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 Woden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5039, Longitude: -94.5296 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.29 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.386 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.817 degrees. |
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