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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 Woods Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods Mill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mill:
    • 37.844863, -78.822243
    • 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 Mill
  • 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 Mill ...

We found five communities that share the name Woods Mill.

Within Virginia, the name Woods Mill is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Heard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Woods Mill [Heard County].
    • Michigan
      • Montcalm County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Woods Mill [Montcalm County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Woods Mill is located in Cheshire County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Woods Mill that is located in Nelson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Woods Mill.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Woods Mill is located in Jefferson County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Woods Mill that is located in Nelson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Woods Mill.
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Woods Mill is located in Gallia County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Woods Mill that is located in Nelson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Woods Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods Mill ...

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.

  • Covesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
    • Covesville is located in Albemarle County
  • Gordon Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Crossing
    • Gordon Crossing is located in Nelson County
  • Greenfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Greenfield is located in Nelson County
  • Gullysville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gullysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullysville
    • Gullysville is located in Nelson County
  • Heards
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heards have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heards
    • Heards is located in Albemarle County
  • Lakeview Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Nelson County
  • Martins Store
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Store
    • Martins Store is located in Nelson County
  • Moses Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moses Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses Crossing
    • Moses Crossing is located in Nelson County
  • Rockfish
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
    • Rockfish is located in Nelson County
  • Twin Poplars
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Poplars have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Poplars
    • Twin Poplars is located in Nelson County
  • Wintergreen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wintergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintergreen
    • Wintergreen is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wintergreen <4>

How Far From Woods Mill to ...

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 Woods Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods Mill and extending to:

  • Lovingston, which is the Seat of Nelson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Woods Mill to Richmond, with an average speed<5>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 120 miles [193.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,018 miles [9,685 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nelson County: www.nelsoncounty.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mill 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.
<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 Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woods Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8449, Longitude: -78.8222       In this case, the coordinates for Woods Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Mill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.995 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.537 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.845 degrees.




 

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