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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 Woodway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodway and the surrounding area.
- 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 Woodway:
- 47.793211, -122.407660
- 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 Woodway
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
- Since Woodway is near King County and also Kitsap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for King County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kitsap 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Woodway
Communities Also Named Woodway ...
We found three communities that are also named Woodway.
Within Washington, the name Woodway is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Tuscola 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 Woodway [Tuscola County].
- Texas
- McLennan County
- This Woodway is located in McLennan County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Woodway that is located in Snohomish County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Woodway.
- Virginia
- Lee County
- This Woodway is located in Lee County and lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<2> to the east of the Woodway that is located in Snohomish County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Woodway.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodway ...
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 Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Valley is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
- Crown Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crown Hill is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
- Echo Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Lake is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Evergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Firdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Firdale is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firdale
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Meadowdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Olympic Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olympic Hills is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hills
- Ronald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ronald is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Rose Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Shoreline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Beach is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
How Far From Woodway 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 city such as Woodway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodway and extending to:
- Everett, which is the Seat of Snohomish County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodway to Everett, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,323 miles [3,738.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,524 miles [12,108.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,650 miles [9,092.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
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 Woodway 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Woodway 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 Woodway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7932, Longitude: -122.4077 In this case, the coordinates for Woodway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.521 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.794 degrees. |
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