Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Woodruff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodruff and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Woodruff
- 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 Woodruff:
- 47.872599, -122.009570
- 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 Woodruff
- 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 Snohomish County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- Since Woodruff is near King County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for King County
- eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Woodruff ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Woodruff.
Within Washington, the name Woodruff is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Apache 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 Arizona community of Woodruff [Apache County].
- Navajo County
- This Woodruff is located in Navajo County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<3> to the southeast of the Woodruff that is located in Snohomish County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Woodruff.
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Woodruff [Cook County].
- McLean County
- This Woodruff is located in McLean County and lies 1,685 miles [2,711.7 km]<3> to the east of the Woodruff that is located in Snohomish County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Woodruff.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Cumberland County
- This Woodruff is located in Cumberland County and lies 2,370 miles [3,814.1 km]<3> to the east of the Woodruff that is located in Snohomish County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Woodruff.
- Ocean County
- This Woodruff is located in Ocean County and lies 2,384 miles [3,836.7 km] to the east of the Woodruff that is located in Snohomish County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Woodruff.
- North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Vermont
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodruff ...
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.
- Bromart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Clearview
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Clearview is located in Snohomish County
- Echo Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Forest Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
- Forest Glade is located in Snohomish County
- High Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Silver Firs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
- Silver Firs is located in King County
- Three Lakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
- Three Lakes is located in Snohomish County
- Woods Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Creek
- Woods Creek is located in Snohomish County
How Far From Woodruff 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 Woodruff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodruff and extending to:
- Everett, which is the Seat of Snohomish County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodruff to Everett, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,513 miles [12,091 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,636 miles [9,070.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodruff. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Snohomish County: www.co.snohomish.wa.us/
The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Woodruff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Woodruff 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> | 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- Woodruff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodruff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8726, Longitude: -122.0096 In this case, the coordinates for Woodruff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Woodruff 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 340.618 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.147 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.526 degrees. |