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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 Woodhull, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodhull 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 Woodhull:
    • 43.777549, -88.573572
    • 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 Woodhull
  • 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 Fond du Lac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
    • Since Woodhull is near Winnebago County and also Dodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge 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 Woodhull

Communities Also Named Woodhull ...

We found seven communities that are also named Woodhull.

Within Wisconsin, the name Woodhull is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Decatur 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 Woodhull [Decatur County].
    • Illinois
      • Henry County
      • This Woodhull is located in Henry County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Woodhull that is located in Fond du Lac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Woodhull.
    • Kansas
      • Chase 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 Kansas community of Woodhull [Chase County].
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee 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 Woodhull [Shiawassee County].
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Woodhull is located in Oneida County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km]<2> to the east of the Woodhull that is located in Fond du Lac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Woodhull.
      • Steuben County
      • This Woodhull is located in Steuben County and lies 576 miles [927 km] to the east of the Woodhull that is located in Fond du Lac County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Woodhull.
    • North Dakota
      • Richland 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 North Dakota community of Woodhull [Richland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodhull ...

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.

  • Black Wolf
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
  • Eden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
  • Eldorado
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Point is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
  • Marblehead
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
  • Point Comfort
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Ring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ring is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring
  • Rogersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rogersville is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
  • Silica
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica

How Far From Woodhull 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 Woodhull to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fond du Lac, which is the Seat of Fond du Lac County, lies just to the East.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Woodhull to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,124 miles [9,855.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,760 miles [7,660.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Woodhull 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodhull) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Woodhull 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 Woodhull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7775, Longitude: -88.5736       In this case, the coordinates for Woodhull have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.047 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.297 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.481 degrees.