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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dougherty
- 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:
- 38.162418, -121.243280
- 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.
- 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 San Joaquin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for San Joaquin County
- Since Dougherty is near Sacramento County and also Calaveras County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
- eBird sighting report for Calaveras 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dougherty ...
We found nine communities that share the name Dougherty.
There is one other community in California which is also named Dougherty.
Beyond California, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Dawson County
- This Dougherty is located in Dawson County and lies 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km]<1> to the east of the Dougherty that is located in San Joaquin 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
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Floyd County
- This Dougherty is located in Floyd County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<1> to the east of the Dougherty that is located in San Joaquin 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 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km] to the east of the Dougherty that is located in San Joaquin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rains County community of Dougherty.
- Georgia
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.
- Ampere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Cherokee
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Dogtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Guild
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Herald
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Herald is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Herald <4>
- Need
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Pope
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Twin Cities
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Cities have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cities
- Twin Cities is located in Sacramento County
- Woodlake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Dougherty to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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:
- Stockton, which is the Seat of San Joaquin County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Dougherty to Stockton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,368 miles [11,857.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,135 miles [13,092 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dougherty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for San Joaquin County: www.sjgov.org/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dougherty) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dougherty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1624, Longitude: -121.2433 In this case, the coordinates for Dougherty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.255 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.033 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.443 degrees. |