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36.857370, -76.388556
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We found 21 communities that are also named Woodbine.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Woodbine.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Montgomery County
This Woodbine is located in Montgomery County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodbine.
Prince William County
This Woodbine is located in Prince William County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Woodbine.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Woodbine is located in New Castle County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Woodbine.
Georgia
Camden County
This Woodbine is located in Camden County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Woodbine.
Illinois
Jo Daviess County
This Woodbine is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Woodbine.
Will County
This Woodbine is located in Will County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Woodbine.
Iowa
Harrison County
This Woodbine is located in Harrison County and lies 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Woodbine.
Kansas
Dickinson County
This Woodbine is located in Dickinson County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Woodbine.
Kentucky
Whitley County
This Woodbine is located in Whitley County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Woodbine.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Woodbine is located in Carroll County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Woodbine.
New Jersey
Cape May 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 New Jersey community of Woodbine [Cape May County].
North Carolina
Rockingham County
This Woodbine is located in Rockingham County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Woodbine.
Rowan County
This Woodbine is located in Rowan County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Woodbine.
Nova Scotia
This Woodbine lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
Pennsylvania
Butler County
This Woodbine is located in Butler County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Woodbine.
Chester County
This Woodbine is located in Chester County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Woodbine.
Huntingdon 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 Pennsylvania community of Woodbine [Huntingdon County].
York County
This Woodbine is located in York County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Woodbine.
Tennessee
Davidson County
This Woodbine is located in Davidson County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Woodbine.
Texas
Cooke County
This Woodbine is located in Cooke County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Woodbine.
West Virginia
Nicholas County
This Woodbine is located in Nicholas County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Woodbine.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodbine ...
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.
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 Woodbine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodbine and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Woodbine to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,956 miles [9,585.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,531 miles [7,291.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodbine) 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 Woodbine 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 . 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 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.
<4>
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 Woodbine 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 Woodbine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8574, Longitude: -76.3886 In this case, the coordinates for Woodbine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.632 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.833 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.222 degrees.