CR 12 runs through Northwood while SR 15 and SR 18 run across the Northernmost part of the town.

Northwood is well set up to satisfy the recreational needs of its residents. It has an outdoor heated swimming pool, outdoor winter ice-skating rink, picnic tables, large shelters, playground equipment, tennis courts, sand volleyball, basketball courts and baseball diamonds. The city also has a community center which is often the scene of community events and shows. The small folk museum in Northwood held many artifacts of the Norwegian pioneers who settled thee area. After a tornado ripped apart the building scattering the artifacts, the townspeople banded together and collected them to placed a in anew location in town.