Whisker Woods is a larger lightly-wooded area with a fishing dock, two hot springs, the entrance to Crystal Caverns, and a stone ramp up to the Roaring Falls that runs through the woods to North Pawville, through Godfrey's waterwheel, then out to the ocean. You need to go into or through Whisker Woods a few times during quests. The first time being when you need to retrieve Saul, the master of Crouch and Crawl, who is stuck in an old snake's den. Saul doesn't actually live in the woods, most likely. He probably lives somewhere else.