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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 Dayville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dayville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dayville:
    • 41.846052, -71.887904
    • 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 Dayville
  • 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 Windham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Windham County
    • Since Dayville is near Providence County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Providence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Dayville

Communities Also Named Dayville ...

We found three communities that are also named Dayville.

Within Connecticut, the name Dayville is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Warrick County
      • This Dayville is located in Warrick County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dayville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Dayville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This Dayville is located in Hampden County and lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dayville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Dayville.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • This Dayville is located in Grant County and lies 2,372 miles [3,817.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dayville that is located in Windham County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dayville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dayville ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dayville and extending to:

  • Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Dayville to Hartford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 338 miles [544 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,559 miles [8,946.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,265 miles [10,082.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,142 miles [6,665.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Dayville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Dayville 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 Dayville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8461, Longitude: -71.8879    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.545 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.125 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.20 degrees.