Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Willwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Willwood and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Willwood

• 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 Willwood:
  • 44.696619, -108.759852
  • 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 Willwood

• 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 Park County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Park County
  • Since Willwood is near Big Horn County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Big Horn County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Willwood

Communities Also Named Willwood ...

We found one communities that are also named Willwood.

Within Wyoming, the name Willwood is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, there is another community also named Willwood in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Maryland
    • Harford County
    • This Willwood is located in Harford County and lies 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km]<1> to the east of the Willwood that is located in Park County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Willwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Willwood ...

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.

• Badger Basin
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Badger Basin is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Basin
• Chance
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chance is located in Carbon County (MT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
• Clark
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Clark is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark <2>
• Cody
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Cody is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cody <2>
• Dry Creek
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Dry Creek is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
• Elk Basin
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Elk Basin is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Basin
• Emblem
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Emblem is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emblem
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emblem <2>
• Lone Tree Crossing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lone Tree Crossing is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree Crossing
• Vocation
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Vocation is located in Park County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vocation

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

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

• Cody, which is the Seat of Park County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Willwood to Cody, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,669 miles [2,686 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 95 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,452 miles [11,992.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,435 miles [8,746.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'