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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 Dooley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dooley 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 Dooley:
- 36.930655, -82.654324
- 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 Dooley
- 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 Wise County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Since Dooley is near Norton City and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Norton City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Dooley
Communities Also Named Dooley ...
We found five communities that are also named Dooley.
Within Virginia, the name Dooley is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Miller County
- This Dooley is located in Miller County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dooley that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Dooley.
- Indiana
- Parke 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 Indiana community of Dooley [Parke County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica County
- This Dooley is located in Tunica County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dooley that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Dooley.
- Montana
- Sheridan County
- This Dooley is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dooley that is located in Wise County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Dooley.
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dooley [Maury County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dooley ...
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.
- Big Laurel
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Laurel is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Canepatch ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Canepatch is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canepatch
- Clear Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clear Creek is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Cracker Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cracker Neck is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cracker Neck
- East Stone Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Josephine
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Josephine is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Kent Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Lipps
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lipps is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipps
- Needmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Roaring Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roaring Fork is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Fork
- Roundstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roundstone is located in Wise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundstone
- Wise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Dooley 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 Dooley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dooley and extending to:
- Wise, which is the Seat of Wise County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Dooley to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,220 miles [10,010.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Dooley) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dooley 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 Dooley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dooley 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 Dooley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9307, Longitude: -82.6543 In this case, the coordinates for Dooley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.292 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.027 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.734 degrees. |
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