Woodland

Woodland is the seat of Yolo County, a relatively small town about five miles north of Davis. The Yolo County Jail, Yolo County Animal Shelter, Woodland Community College, Juvenile Hall, Yolo County Probation Department and the Coroner's office are all within a mile of each other on the same stretch of Gibson Road. It can be observed with black humor that all on one road, you have the people nobody wants, the pets nobody wants, the students nobody wants and the corpses nobody wants. Incidentally, Woodland bears the Number of the Beast — most of the phone numbers also start with "666". Most UC Davis students go to Woodland for inexpensive housing, the relative paucity of other students, mass-market superstores, thrift stores and County Fair Mall.

Pole Line Road is a decent way to get out there. Although a high traffic, there are nice wide shoulders that look a lot like bike lanes. If you like it a little more scenic, then there are plenty of low-traffic county roads starting from West Davis that will take you out there. These roads, of course, have no bike lanes, only about a 6 inch shoulder (which most likely contains puddles or debris).

Yolobus route 42 goes through Woodland.

Driving north on Highway 113 is the easiest way to get to Wooland. A more scenic route is to take Pole Line all the way up. Pole Line turns into County Road 102. Continue until you get to Gibson (left to County Fair Mall), or Main (left to Downtown and Wal-Mart).

• Big Lots
  

• County Fair Mall
  

• Dollar Tree
  

• Dollar World
  

• Dragonfire Toy Company
  

• Food 4 Less
  

• Grocery Outlet
  

• Heidrick Ag History Center
  

• The Home Depot
  

• Target
  

• Wal-Mart
  

• Woodland Community College
  

• Woodland Health Center
  

• Woodland Opera House
  

• Reasonable Speed Limits.

See Woodland Restaurants (a more extensive list along with reviews can be found at woodland)

• Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival is held annually in April at the Yolo County Fairgrounds. Get yer kilt on and try your hand at tossin' the caber.
  

• Stroll Through History is held annually in September. In addition to guided tours of historic homes, the city offers free music, an antique market, a crafts and home improvement fair, pancake breakfast, antique auto display, horse and carriages, period costumes, and train rides. Please see the Stroll Through History web site for further information.
  

• Woodland Corn Maze (Sept.-Oct. Only)
  

• Yolo County Fair

• Inside Woodland
  

• http://www.yolocvb.org More info about Woodland on Yolo County Visitors Bureau website
  

• woodland Woodland Wiki

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Actually, WCC has a lot of re-entry students and kids straight from high school who don't know what they want to do, so they go to the JC instead of wasting money at a 4-year school. Then there's the people who finished high school early but never took the standardized tests so they take advantage of the transfer agreement the college has with UCD and get an automatic acceptance into UCD, providing they hold up their end of the contract, of course. - J Petrik

The Stag on Thursday nights it is a pretty happening bar scene for Woodyland. Tony's and Kenny's can be cool too. All these places have a small town feel, and it's a good way to get away from the fratboy scene in Davis. Don't drink and drive, it's dangerous and there are plenty of cops around that night. - WayneSchiller

2005-08-02 21:48:33   Here is a strange story coming out of Woodland: "Homeless man skins pit bull for food" THIS LINK IS NO LONGER VALID. Gross. —AnnieSirrah

"ew" —rocksanddirt

2006-03-28 02:07:00   According to Stan Forbes, candidate for Davis City Council, all students should live in Woodland rather than filling up his precious "middle class workforce" Davis. —AlyssaOlenberg

2006-04-05 12:33:23   Woodland is Davis's evil twin. —AlexPomeranz

2006-05-24 23:54:39   Woodland looks and feels like a Central Valley town, Davis is more like a Bay Area town. —DukeMcAdow

2006-09-11 11:33:54   If you're in woodland and hungry for mexican food, most of the taco trucks are good. For a taco, I recommend El Jalisciense on Main street and East, next to 7-eleven. Head meat or Cabeza tacos are excellent. For a broader menu, you should try Super Burrito and Taqueria at 70 W Court street. This place is SO superior to taqueria guadalajara (which I got food poisoning from once) and has really good chile rellenos, good burritos, refreshing fruit "waters" and a beer selection. Cops eat here too, so you know it's good. —DianaChristofersen

2006-11-01 17:12:10   Woodland has the world's smallest Target, which is the town's claim to fame. target should not move from Woodland to Davis. What will that leave Woodland? Nothing, but a bunch of rad thrift stores. —BrianTrott

• The Woodland Target is not moving to Davis. It is actually moving to a (presumably larger) lot in the new Costco shopping center, on the other side of Woodland. - AndrewChen
  

2006-11-29 16:52:24   Hey, lots of UCD people live in Woodland. By the way, if you are a UCD affiliate and are interested in getting in shape at the group rate price at the Body COnstruction ZOne gym, please contact me. Signups for the 2007 are happening now. Thanks. —JaeRoss

2007-07-13 12:39:25   I would like to refute some of what has been written about Woodland by previous commenters. As an unfortunate resident of Davis and a former long-time resident of San Francisco, I must adamantly state that Davis feels NOTHING like the Bay Area. Nothing at all. Living in Davis is like living in the midwest: a flat, rural place full of conservative, narrow-minded folks. I really enjoy and appreciate Woodland because although the residents may not be as educated or well-off as many Davis-ites, they are GENUINE, FRIENDLY individuals who completely lack the pretentiousness that is so abundant in the Davis community. I agree with the comment about Woodland being a typical Central Valley town, but if the people are cool and the environment is comfortable and friendly, then who really cares? I am happy to spend my free time in Woodland (my partner is a resident, which is why I come here so often). Viva Woodland!