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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 Dougherty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dougherty and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dougherty:
    • 37.711041, -121.909680
    • 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 Dougherty
  • 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 Alameda County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alameda County
    • Since Dougherty is near Contra Costa County and also Santa Clara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Contra Costa County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Clara 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 Dougherty

Communities Also Named Dougherty ...

We found nine communities that are also named Dougherty.

There is one other community in California that is also named Dougherty.

Beyond California, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • San Joaquin County
      • This Dougherty is located in San Joaquin County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Dougherty.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dawson County
      • This Dougherty is located in Dawson County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the east of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Dougherty.
      • Dougherty County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dougherty [Dougherty County].
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo County
      • This Dougherty is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Dougherty.
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dougherty [Menominee County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Murray County
      • This Dougherty is located in Murray County and lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<1> to the east of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Dougherty.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Dougherty is located in Cambria County and lies 2,311 miles [3,719.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Dougherty.
    • Texas
      • Floyd County
      • This Dougherty is located in Floyd County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the east of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Dougherty.
      • Rains County
      • This Dougherty is located in Rains County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km] to the east of the Dougherty that is located in Alameda County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rains County community of Dougherty.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dougherty ...

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.

  • Blackhawk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Blackhawk is located in Contra Costa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
  • Carpenter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Carpenter is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Castro Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cherryland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cherryland is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryland
  • Danville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Danville is located in Contra Costa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,883 people
    • Former name for Danville:
    • Inmanville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <3>
  • Diablo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Dublin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Elliot ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elliot is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • Farwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Farwell is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
  • Laddville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Laddville is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddville
  • Livermore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rock City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rock City is located in Contra Costa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
  • Union City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Union City is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 74,501 people
    • Former name for Union City:
    • Decoto
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union City <3>

How Far From Dougherty 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 Dougherty to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dougherty and extending to:

  • Oakland, which is the Seat of Alameda County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dougherty to Oakland, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,408 miles [3,875.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 137 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,409 miles [11,923.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,176 miles [13,158 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dougherty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dougherty could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Dougherty 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 Dougherty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7110, Longitude: -121.9097       In this case, the coordinates for Dougherty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.767 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.626 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.852 degrees.