Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Doyle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doyle and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Doyle
- 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 Doyle:
- 39.282853, -81.375951
- 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 Doyle
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Doyle is near Pleasants County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Doyle ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Doyle.
Within West Virginia, the name Doyle is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Lassen County
- This Doyle is located in Lassen County and lies 2,043 miles [3,287.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Doyle that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Doyle.
- Tulare 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 California community of Doyle [Tulare County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Harvey 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 Kansas community of Doyle [Harvey County].
- Marion County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Marion County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Doyle.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Livingston Parish
- This Doyle is located in Livingston Parish and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Doyle that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston Parish community of Doyle.
- Webster Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Doyle [Webster Parish].
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Gratiot County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Doyle.
- Macomb County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Doyle [Macomb County].
- Mecosta 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 Michigan community of Doyle [Mecosta County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Mexico
- New York
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Limestone County
- This Doyle is located in Limestone County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Doyle that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Doyle.
- San Patricio County
- This Doyle is located in San Patricio County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km] to the southwest of the Doyle that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Patricio County community of Doyle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doyle ...
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.
- Boreman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Cluster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Deerwalk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Horseneck
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Liberty Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
- Liberty Hills is located in Wood County
- Murphytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphytown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphytown
- Murphytown is located in Wood County
- Ponderosa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Rolling Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Wood County
- Scenic Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scenic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
- Scenic Hills is located in Wood County
- Tallyho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Valley Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Valley Mills is located in Wood County
How Far From Doyle 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 Doyle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Doyle and extending to:
- Parkersburg, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Doyle to Parkersburg, with an average speed<5> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Doyle. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Doyle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Doyle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2829, Longitude: -81.3760 In this case, the coordinates for Doyle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Doyle 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 Doyle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Doyle 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 310.482 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.447 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.445 degrees. |