Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Daltons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daltons and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Daltons
- 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 Daltons:
- 38.135410, -77.419427
- 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 Daltons
- 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Since Daltons is near Spotsylvania County and also Stafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Spotsylvania County
- eBird sighting report for Stafford 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 Daltons ...
We found one communities that share the name Daltons.
Within Virginia, the name Daltons is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Daltons in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daltons ...
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.
- Bullocks Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullocks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullocks Corner
- Bullocks Corner is located in Caroline County
- Carters Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carters Store have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Store
- Carters Store is located in Spotsylvania County
- Guinea
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Locks Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Corner
- Locks Corner is located in Caroline County
- Long Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Long Branch is located in Caroline County
- Loving Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loving Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Fork
- Loving Fork is located in Caroline County
- Mica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Nancy Wrights Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nancy Wrights Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy Wrights Corner
- Nancy Wrights Corner is located in Caroline County
- Olive
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Pullers Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pullers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullers Corner
- Pullers Corner is located in Caroline County
- Young Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Young Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Corner
- Young Corner is located in Caroline County
How Far From Daltons 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 Daltons to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Daltons and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Daltons to Richmond, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,946 miles [9,569.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,527 miles [7,285.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Daltons. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Caroline County: www.co.caroline.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 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 Daltons 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Daltons) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Daltons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1354, Longitude: -77.4194 In this case, the coordinates for Daltons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Daltons to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.158 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.628 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.162 degrees. |