Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woods
- 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 Woods:
- 32.008336, -94.248124
- 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 Woods
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since Woods is near Shelby County and also De Soto Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- eBird sighting report for De Soto Parish
- 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 Woods ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Woods.
Within Texas, the name Woods is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Florida
- Liberty County
- This Woods is located in Liberty County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<2> to the east of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Woods.
- Pasco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Woods [Pasco County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- This Woods is located in Floyd County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Woods.
- Harlan County
- This Woods is located in Harlan County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km] to the east northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Woods.
- Hopkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Woods [Hopkins County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Woods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Woods.
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Woods is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 285 miles [458.7 km] to the east southeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Woods.
- Maine
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Woods is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woods.
- Frederick County
- This Woods is located in Frederick County and lies 1,070 miles [1,722 km] to the east northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woods.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New York
- Cayuga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woods [Cayuga County].
- Hamilton County
- This Woods is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Woods.
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Woods lies 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Woods [Greenville County].
- Oconee County
- This Woods is located in Oconee County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Woods that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Woods.
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods ...
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.
- Bobo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Carthage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Carthage is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,354 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <5>
- Daniels
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Deadwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Flat Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Gary City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary City
- Gary City is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gary City <5>
- James
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Panola County
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Panola County
- Tennessee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Woods 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 Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woods to Carthage, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 238 miles [383 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,927 miles [11,147.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0083, Longitude: -94.2481 In this case, the coordinates for Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Woods 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Woods to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.171 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.312 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.635 degrees. |