Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Daugherty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daugherty and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Daugherty
- 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:
- 37.689575, -75.666040
- 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 Daugherty
- 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 Accomack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Accomack County
- Since Daugherty is near Northampton County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Northampton County
- eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Daugherty ...
We found five communities that share the name Daugherty.
Within Virginia, the name Daugherty is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Texas
- Kaufman 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 Texas community of Daugherty [Kaufman County].
- Rains County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Daugherty [Rains County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daugherty ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Accomack County
- Chancetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chancetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancetown
- Chancetown is located in Accomack County
- Chase Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Crossing
- Chase Crossing is located in Accomack County
- Graysville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Graysville is located in Accomack County
- Greenbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Greenbush is located in Accomack County
- High Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- High Woods is located in Accomack County
- Jordan
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Locksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locksville
- Locksville is located in Accomack County
- Locust Mount
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Locust Mount is located in Accomack County
- Locustville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustville
- Locustville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locustville <4>
- Savageville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savageville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savageville
- Savageville is located in Accomack County
- Ticktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Daugherty 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Daugherty and extending to:
- Accomac, which is the Seat of Accomack County, lies just to the North.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Daugherty to Richmond, 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 111 miles [178.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Daugherty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Accomack County: www.co.accomack.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 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 Daugherty 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Daugherty) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Daugherty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6896, Longitude: -75.6660 In this case, the coordinates for Daugherty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Daugherty 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 307.171 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.435 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.621 degrees. |