Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wood
- 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 Wood:
- 38.771473, -81.915414
- 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 Wood
- 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 Mason County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Since Wood is near Jackson County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Wood ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Wood.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Wood.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Fayette County
- Randolph County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Michigan
- Branch 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 Wood [Branch County].
- Lenawee 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 Michigan community of Wood [Lenawee County].
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Butler 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 Ohio community of Wood [Butler County].
- Clermont County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Clermont County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Wood.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Wood lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Wood that is located in Mason County.
- Pennsylvania
- Bedford County
- This Wood is located in Bedford County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wood that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Wood.
- Bucks County
- This Wood is located in Bucks County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the east northeast of the Wood that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Wood.
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wood ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Apple Grove is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Ash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Chestnut
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Cottageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottageville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Cottageville is located in Jackson County
- Couch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Danstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Evans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Evergreen Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
- Evergreen Hills is located in Jackson County
- Flatrock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock
- Flatrock is located in Mason County
- Gunville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Huntsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Jackson County
- Leon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
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- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Jackson County
- Robertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Robertsburg is located in Putnam County
- School House ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for School House have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School House
- School House is located in Jackson County
- Tribble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Providence
How Far From Wood 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 community such as Wood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wood and extending to:
- Point Pleasant, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wood to Point Pleasant, 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 262 miles [421.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,697 miles [7,559.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Wood 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7715, Longitude: -81.9154 In this case, the coordinates for Wood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wood, 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 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 Wood 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 310.825 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.763 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.851 degrees. |