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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 Woodedge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodedge 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 Woodedge:
- 41.517469, -106.145565
- 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 Woodedge
- 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
- Since Woodedge is near Albany County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany 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 Woodedge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodedge ...
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.
- Centennial
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Deerwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Deerwood is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Elk Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harper
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harper is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Ivans Grove ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ivans Grove is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivans Grove
- Keystone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Keystone is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone has also been known as:
- Douglas Creek
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Rock River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tenmile
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile
How Far From Woodedge 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 Woodedge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Woodedge and extending to:
- Rawlins, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Woodedge to Rawlins, 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.
- Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 88 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 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 7,568 miles [12,179.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,514 miles [8,873.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodedge) 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 Woodedge 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 Woodedge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5175, Longitude: -106.1456 In this case, the coordinates for Woodedge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 327.554 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 326.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.407 degrees. |
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