Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Danbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Danbury and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Danbury
- 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 Danbury:
- 36.410020, -80.213241
- 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 Danbury
- 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 Stokes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Stokes County
- Since Danbury is near Rockingham County and also Patrick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- eBird sighting report for Patrick 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 Danbury ...
We found nine communities that share the name Danbury.
Within North Carolina, the name Danbury is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Iowa
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Saskatchewan
- This Danbury lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Danbury that is located in Stokes County.
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Danbury ...
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.
- Delta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Dodgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Flat Shoals
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Flat Shoals is located in Stokes County
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Stokes County
- Georges Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georges Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Mill
- Georges Mill is located in Stokes County
- Hartman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Harts Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harts Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Store
- Harts Store is located in Stokes County
- Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Meadows is located in Stokes County
- Mountain View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Stokes County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Neatman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neatman
- Neatman is located in Stokes County
- Quaker Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gap
- Quaker Gap is located in Stokes County
- Rosebud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Sandy Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Sandy Ridge is located in Stokes County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Ridge <4>
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Walnut Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cove
- Walnut Cove is located in Stokes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walnut Cove <4>
- Neatman
How Far From Danbury 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 town such as Danbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Danbury and extending to:
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Danbury to Raleigh, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Danbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Stokes County: www.co.stokes.nc.us/
The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/
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- Danbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Danbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4100, Longitude: -80.2132 In this case, the coordinates for Danbury 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Danbury 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 Danbury 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 309.848 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.298 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.891 degrees. |