RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Virginia >> Frederick County >> Woodchuck HeightsIndex...

Welcome to Woodchuck Heights ...

Woodchuck Heights is located in Frederick County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Woodchuck Heights: Woodchuck Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Woodchuck Heights is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Woodchuck Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Woodchuck Heights: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Woodchuck Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Woodchuck Heights.

  • Winchester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Front Royal
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Strasburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Berryville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Stephens City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Middletown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Boyce
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Capon Bridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Echo Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Echo Village is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Village
  • Hayfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hayfield is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayfield

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Woodchuck Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Woodchuck Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Woodchuck Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodchuck Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodchuck Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Woodchuck Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woodchuck Heights ...

Looking for more information about Woodchuck Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Woodchuck Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Woodchuck Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Frederick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woodchuck Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Woodchuck Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Woodchuck Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.