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

  • 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 Daggett:
    • 42.032525, -89.973735
    • 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 Daggett
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Daggett is near Whiteside County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Whiteside County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Daggett

Communities Also Named Daggett ...

We found six communities that are also named Daggett.

Within Illinois, the name Daggett is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • This Daggett is located in Woodruff County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the south of the Daggett that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of Daggett.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Daggett is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,529 miles [2,460.7 km]<1> to the west of the Daggett that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Daggett.
    • Indiana
      • Owen County
      • This Daggett is located in Owen County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Daggett that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Daggett.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook 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 Maine community of Daggett [Aroostook County].
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • This Daggett is located in Menominee County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Daggett that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Daggett.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • This Daggett is located in Tioga County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the east of the Daggett that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Daggett.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Daggett ...

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.

  • Elk River Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
  • Fair Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fair Haven is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Hickory Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Ideal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Ideal is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
  • Spring Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Spring Valley is located in Whiteside County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Ustick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ustick is located in Whiteside County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ustick
  • Wacker
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wacker is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wacker
  • White Pigeon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • White Pigeon is located in Whiteside County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pigeon

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Daggett once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Daggett and extending to:

  • Mount Carroll, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North.
  • Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Daggett to Springfield, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,891 miles [7,871.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Daggett) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Daggett 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Daggett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Daggett 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 Daggett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0325, Longitude: -89.9737       In this case, the coordinates for Daggett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.003 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.142 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.694 degrees.