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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 Doe Gully, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doe Gully 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 Doe Gully:
- 39.607823, -78.392201
- 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 Doe Gully
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Doe Gully is near Allegany County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Doe Gully
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doe Gully ...
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.
- Bath
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bath is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Fairplay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairplay is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Forest Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Green Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harvey is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Jerome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerome is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Little Cacapon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Cacapon is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cacapon
- Little Orleans
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Magnolia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orleans Cross Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Paw Paw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Piney Grove is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Sir Johns Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sir Johns Run is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir Johns Run
How Far From Doe Gully to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Doe Gully to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doe Gully and extending to:
- Berkeley Springs, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the East.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Doe Gully to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,635 miles [10,678 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,511 miles [7,259.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Doe Gully) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Doe Gully 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 Doe Gully. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6078, Longitude: -78.3922 In this case, the coordinates for Doe Gully have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.654 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.417 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.023 degrees. |
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