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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 Daugherty Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daugherty Town 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 Daugherty Town:
- 37.986791, -75.851043
- 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 Daugherty Town
- 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Daugherty Town is near Accomack County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester 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 Daugherty Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daugherty Town ...
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.
- Byrdtown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Byrdtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdtown
- Cash Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cash Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Hearts Ease
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hearts Ease is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearts Ease
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Howard ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Indian Hammock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Hammock is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hammock
- Mariners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mariners is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners
- Nelson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nelson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Parsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Parsonville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
- Sackertown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sackertown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sackertown
How Far From Daugherty Town 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 Daugherty Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Daugherty Town and extending to:
- Princess Anne, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Daugherty Town to Princess Anne, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,462 miles [7,180.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Daugherty Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Daugherty Town 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 Daugherty Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9868, Longitude: -75.8510 In this case, the coordinates for Daugherty Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.258 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.58 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.579 degrees. |
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