This page is an effort at listing and categorizing some of Woodland's more interesting street names. Woodland's most famous street name is, of course, Dead Cat Alley - followed somewhat distantly by Dog Gone Alley, and even more distantly by Hobo Alley.
Streets Named after Birds
Starting a birdwatching life list? This could be a good place for a beginner to start, because many of these birds can be seen in our own neighborhood.
- Cardinal Drive
- Cardinal Way
- Dove Drive
- Falcon Drive
- Hawk Drive
- Mallard Drive
- Owl Drive
- Pheasant Court
- Quail Drive
- Redwing Drive
- Robin Drive
- Swallow Drive
Streets Named after Places
Road trip inspiration! Many of these places are fairly local and would make great trips. Some of these names could refer to people, things, or other places, but the street-name themes of the surrounding housing developments suggest that they were probably meant to refer to the places indicated.
Places in California
Within a 1-Hour Drive
- Auburn Way (Auburn in Placer County)
- California Street
- Capay Valley Drive (Capay Valley in Yolo County)
- Colusa Place (Colusa County)
- Placer Drive/Placer Place (Placer County)
- Woodland Avenue
- Yuba Place (Yuba County)
Within a 2-Hour Drive
- Alameda Place (Alameda County)
- Amador Way (Amador County)
- Bidwell Place (Bidwell Park in Butte County)
- Colfax Drive (Colfax in Placer County)
- Coloma Way (Coloma in El Dorado County)
- Donner Way (Donner Lake in Nevada County)
- Grass Valley Drive (Grass Valley in Nevada County)
- Napa Place (Napa County)
- Tehama Drive (Tehama County)
- Truckee Way/Truckee Place (Truckee in Nevada County)
Within a 3-Hour Drive
- Alpine Place (Alpine County)
- Cascade Street (Cascade Range from northeastern California through British Columbia)
- Fresno Place (Fresno County)
- Marin Place (Marin County)
- Muir Place (Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County)
- Quincy Drive (Quincy in Plumas County)
- Saratoga Drive (Saratoga in Santa Clara County)
- Sierra Street (Sierra County)
- Sonoma Way (Sonoma County)
- Sonora Place (Sonora in Tuolumne County)
- Squaw Valley Drive (This name is a racist slur that has previously been used to refer to two different valleys, both of which have been renamed to get rid of the racist slur. The two valleys are Olympic Valley in Placer County and Yokuts Valley in Fresno County. Yokuts Valley is within a 4-hour drive, but Olympic Valley is the more likely intended reference and is within a 3-hour drive.)
Within a 4-Hour Drive
- Burney Way (Burney Falls in Shasta County)
- Carmel Valley Drive (Carmel Valley in Monterey County)
- King Place (Kings County)
- Madera Court (Madera County)
- Mariposa Street (Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County)
- Pinnacles Drive (Pinnacles National Park in San Benito and Monterey Counties)
- Trinity Street (Trinity County)
- Yosemite Place (Yosemite National Park in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mono, and Madera Counties)
Within a 5-Hour Drive
- El Capitan Drive (El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County)
- Kern Avenue (Kern County)
- Modoc Place (Modoc County)
- Sherman Street (General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park, Tulare County)
Within a 6-Hour Drive
- Owens Valley Drive (Owens Valley in Inyo and Mono Counties)
- Inyo Place (Inyo County)
Within a 7-Hour Drive
- Mount Whitney Drive (Mount Whitney in Inyo and Tulare Counties)
- Orange Street (Orange County)
- Riverside Drive (Riverside County)
Within a 10-Hour Drive
Places Outside of California
- Amherst Way (Amherst College in Amherst. Massachusetts)
- Arlington Circle (Arlington, Texas)
- Baylor Drive (Baylor University in Waco, Texas)
- Brown Avenue (Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island)
- Carlsbad Place (Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico)
- Carson Street (Carson City, Nevada)
- Cleveland Street (Cleveland, Ohio)
- Colby Court (Colby College in Waterville, Maine)
- Colgate Court (Colgate University in Hamilton, New York)
- Columbia Drive (Columbia University in New York, New York)
- Cornell Circle (Cornell University in Ithaca, New York)
- Dartmouth Place (Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire)
- Fordham Drive/Fordham Place (Fordham University in New York, New York)
- Glacier Place (Glacier National Park in Montana)
- Harvard Bend/Harvard Place (Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Kent Court (Kent State University in Kent, Ohio)
- Kentucky Avenue
- Lexington Way (Lexington, Kentucky)
- Maryland Avenue
- McKinley Avenue (Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, in Alaska)
- Mount Hood Court (Mount Hood in Oregon)
- Nevada Avenue (Its location among other streets named after states implies that it's named after the state of Nevada rather than after Nevada County in California.)
- Notre Dame Drive (University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana)
- Nyack Place (Nyack, New York)
- Ogden Street (Ogden, Utah)
- Paradise Valley Drive (probably Paradise Valley, Arizona, although there are several other Paradise Valleys)
- Princeton Court (Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey)
- Purdue Drive (Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana)
- Rainier Place (Mount Rainier in Washington state)
- Reno Street (Reno, Nevada)
- Rice Court (Rice University in Houston, Texas)
- Shiloh Court (Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee)
- St. Louis Way (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Sun Valley Court (Sun Valley, Idaho)
- Tennessee Avenue
- Teton Place (Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming)
- Tufts Place (Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts)
- Utah Avenue
- Wisconsin Avenue
Streets Named after Plants
Gardening inspiration! Most of these plants have historically grown in the area.
- Acacia Way (Acacias)
- Alder Court (Alder Trees)
- Apple Court (Apple Trees)
- Ash Drive (Ash Trees)
- Aster Way (Asters)
- Bartlett Avenue (Bartlett Pear Trees)
- Berry Way
- Boxwood Road (Boxwood)
- Buckeye Street (Buckeye Trees)
- Camphor Drive (Camphor Trees)
- Carob Way (Carob Trees)
- Cedar Lane (Cedar Trees)
- Cherry Lane (Cherry Trees)
- Chestnut Street (Chestnut Trees)
- Clover Street/West Clover Street/Clover Court (Clover)
- Cottonwood Street (Cottonwood Trees)
- Cypress Drive (Cypress Trees)
- Elm Street (Elm Trees)
- Gum Avenue/East Gum Avenue (Gum Trees)
- Hanging Oak Way (Oak Trees)
- Heather Lane/Heather Place (Heather)
- Ivy Way (Ivy)
- Juniper Court (Junipers)
- Kale Street (Kale)
- Laurel Drive (Bay Laurel Trees)
- Linden Place (Linden Trees)
- Locust Way (Locust Trees)
- Madrone Way (Madrone Trees)
- Maple Way (Maple Trees)
- Mulberry Way (Mulberry Trees)
- Oak Avenue (Oak Trees)
- Oak Drive (Oak Trees)
- Olive Way (Olive Trees)
- Orange Street (Orange Trees, though the surrounding street names make clear that this is primarily named after Orange County)
- Palm Avenue (Palm Trees)
- Palm Way (Palm Trees)
- Pear Place (Pear Trees)
- Pine Street (Pine Trees)
- Plane Avenue (Plane Trees)
- Poplar Lane (Poplar Trees)
- Redwood Drive (Redwood Trees)
- Rosewood Way (Roses)
- Spruce Drive (Spruce Trees)
- Sycamore Lane (Sycamore Trees)
- Toyon Drive (Toyon)
- Walnut Street (Walnut Trees)
- Walnut Woods Court (Walnut Trees)