Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Doman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doman and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Doman

• 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 Doman:
  • 39.110662, -78.810298
  • 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 Doman

• 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 Hardy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
  • Since Doman is near Hampshire County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Doman

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doman ...

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.

• Bean Settlement
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bean Settlement is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Settlement
• Fort Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
• Inkerman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
• Kirby
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kirby is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
• Meadow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Meadow is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
• Needmore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Needmore is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Sector
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sector is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sector
• Tannery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tannery is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery

How Far From Doman 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 community such as Doman to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Doman once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doman and extending to:

• Moorefield, which is the Seat of Hardy County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Doman to Moorefield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,963 miles [9,596.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,673 miles [10,739.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'