Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodford
- 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 Woodford:
- 42.880350, -73.079732
- 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 Woodford
- 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 Bennington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bennington County
- Since Woodford is near Windham County and also Berkshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Windham County
- eBird sighting report for Berkshire County
- 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 Woodford ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Woodford.
Within Vermont, the name Woodford is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- This Woodford is located in Shelby County and lies 986 miles [1,586.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodford that is located in Bennington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Woodford.
- Sumter County
- This Woodford is located in Sumter County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km] to the southwest of the Woodford that is located in Bennington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Woodford.
- California
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Clay County
- Although located in Clay County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Woodford.
- North Carolina
- Ashe County
- This Woodford is located in Ashe County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodford that is located in Bennington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Woodford.
- Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Woodford [Randolph 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 Woodford [Hamilton County].
- Huron County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Woodford [Huron County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Woodford lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodford that is located in Bennington County.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodford ...
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.
- Chiselville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiselville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiselville
- Chiselville is located in Bennington County
- Dover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Dover is located in Windham County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <5>
- Eastern Summit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Summit
- Eastern Summit is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Fayville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Greylock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Heartwellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartwellville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartwellville
- Heartwellville is located in Bennington County
- Hoosick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick
- Hoosick is located in Rensselaer County (NY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoosick <5>
- Hoosick Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Falls
- Hoosick Falls is located in Rensselaer County (NY)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoosick Falls <5>
- Hoosick Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoosick Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction
- Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY)
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- Kansas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Kansas is located in Bennington County
- Meadowvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowvale
- Meadowvale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Paper Mill Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paper Mill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County
- Podunk
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
- Podunk is located in Windham County
- Pumpkin Hook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hook
- Pumpkin Hook is located in Washington County (NY)
- Sodom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kansas
How Far From Woodford 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 Woodford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodford and extending to:
- Manchester, which is the Seat of Bennington County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Woodford to Manchester, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 343 miles [552 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,156 miles [6,688.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woodford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8804, Longitude: -73.0797 |
| <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 Woodford 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Woodford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.123 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.949 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.232 degrees. |