Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodlawn Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodlawn Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodlawn Heights
- 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 Woodlawn Heights:
- 36.814027, -79.398358
- 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 Woodlawn Heights
- 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 Pittsylvania County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pittsylvania County
- Since Woodlawn Heights is near Madison County and also Danville City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Danville City
- 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 Woodlawn Heights ...
We found seven communities that share the name Woodlawn Heights.
Within Virginia, the name Woodlawn Heights is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- This Woodlawn Heights is located in Colbert County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodlawn Heights that is located in Pittsylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Woodlawn Heights.
- Franklin County
- This Woodlawn Heights is located in Franklin County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km] to the west southwest of the Woodlawn Heights that is located in Pittsylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Woodlawn Heights.
- Jefferson County
- This Woodlawn Heights is located in Jefferson County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the west southwest of the Woodlawn Heights that is located in Pittsylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woodlawn Heights.
- Illinois
- Whiteside 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 Illinois community of Woodlawn Heights [Whiteside County].
- Indiana
- Madison County
- This Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodlawn Heights that is located in Pittsylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Woodlawn Heights.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodlawn Heights that is located in Pittsylvania County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Woodlawn Heights.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Woodlawn Heights.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodlawn Heights ...
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.
- Cartersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Cartersville is located in Pittsylvania County
- Cedar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Dry Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Flint Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Flint Hill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Jones Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Jones Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Motleys Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Motleys Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motleys Mill
- Motleys Mill is located in Pittsylvania County
- Smothers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Spring Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Garden
- Spring Garden is located in Pittsylvania County
- Whittles
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittles
- Whittles is located in Pittsylvania County
- Whittles has also been known as:
- Whittle's Depot
- Whittle's Station
- Whittletown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whittletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittletown
- Whittletown is located in Pittsylvania County
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From Woodlawn Heights 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 Woodlawn Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodlawn Heights and extending to:
- Chatham, which is the Seat of Pittsylvania County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodlawn Heights to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodlawn Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pittsylvania County: www.pittgov.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodlawn Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodlawn Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8140, Longitude: -79.3984 In this case, the coordinates for Woodlawn Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Woodlawn Heights 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> | 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. |
| <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 Woodlawn Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.365 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.805 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.432 degrees. |