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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:
    • 34.382318, -84.064911
    • 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 Dawson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dawson County
    • Since Dougherty is near Forsyth County and also Hall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forsyth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall 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 Georgia that is also named Dougherty.

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

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Dougherty County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dougherty [Dougherty County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • This Dougherty is located in Alameda County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Dougherty.
      • San Joaquin County
      • This Dougherty is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,072 miles [3,334.6 km] to the west northwest of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Dougherty.
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo County
      • This Dougherty is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson 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.<1> 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 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<2> to the west of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson 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 528 miles [849.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson 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 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<2> to the west of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson 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 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the west of the Dougherty that is located in Dawson 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.

  • Big Oak
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Big Oak is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Buckhorn Tavern
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Buckhorn Tavern is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Tavern
  • Cherokee Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee Hills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Hills
  • Coal Mountain
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Coal Mountain is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mountain
  • Dawsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Juno
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Juno is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
  • Lake Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lake Ranch is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ranch
  • Lake Shore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Shore is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
  • Leisure Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Leisure Lake is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Lake
  • Lumpkin
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
  • Matt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Matt is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matt
  • Price
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Price is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
  • Silver City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver City is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City

How Far From Dougherty to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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:

  • Dawsonville, which is the Seat of Dawson County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Dougherty to Atlanta, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,978 miles [8,011.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' 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'.
<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: 34.3823, Longitude: -84.0649       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 312.087 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.575 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.004 degrees.