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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 Woodvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodvale 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 Woodvale:
    • 37.350149, -77.343313
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Woodvale
  • 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 Chesterfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chesterfield County
    • Since Woodvale is near Henrico County and also Hopewell City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henrico County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopewell 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Woodvale

Communities Also Named Woodvale ...

We found eight communities that are also named Woodvale.

Within Virginia, the name Woodvale is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Warren County
      • This Woodvale is located in Warren County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodvale that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Woodvale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Woodvale lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodvale that is located in Chesterfield County.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Woodvale [Hamilton County].
    • Ontario
      • This Woodvale lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the north of the Woodvale that is located in Chesterfield County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Woodvale is located in Cambria County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Woodvale that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Woodvale.
      • McKean 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 Woodvale [McKean County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Woodvale lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodvale that is located in Chesterfield County.
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • This Woodvale is located in York County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodvale that is located in Chesterfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Woodvale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodvale ...

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.

  • Cedar Level
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Level is located in Hopewell City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Level
  • Chester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Deep Bottom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Bottom is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bottom
  • Dutch Gap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dutch Gap is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Gap
  • Five Forks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Forks is located in Hopewell City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Gay Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gay Farms is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay Farms
  • Grove Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Grove Place is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Place
  • Hopewell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jean Court
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jean Court is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Court
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Locust Grove is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Meadowville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Meadowville is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
  • Mistwood Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mistwood Forest is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mistwood Forest
  • Quail Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quail Oaks is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Oaks
  • Screamersville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Screamersville is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamersville

How Far From Woodvale to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woodvale to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chesterfield, which is the Seat of Chesterfield County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodvale to Chesterfield, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,976 miles [9,617.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,554 miles [7,329 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodvale) 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 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 Woodvale 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Woodvale 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 Woodvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3501, Longitude: -77.3433       In this case, the coordinates for Woodvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.154 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.503 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.419 degrees.