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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 Dalton City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dalton City 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 Dalton City:
- 39.712782, -88.806007
- 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 Dalton City
- 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 Moultrie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Moultrie County
- Since Dalton City is near Macon County and also Piatt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Piatt 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 Dalton City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dalton City ...
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.
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Boody
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bulldog Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bulldog Crossing is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulldog Crossing
- Burrowsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chipps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chipps is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipps
- Kirksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kirksville is located in Moultrie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Larkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Larkdale is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkdale
- Long Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Longview Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Longview Place is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Place
- Prairie Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Prairie Hall is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hall
- Todds Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Todds Point is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todds Point
How Far From Dalton City 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 village such as Dalton City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dalton City and extending to:
- Sullivan, which is the Seat of Moultrie County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dalton City to Sullivan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,331 miles [10,188.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,066 miles [11,371.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dalton City) 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 Dalton City 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 Dalton City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7128, Longitude: -88.8060 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.193 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.893 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.727 degrees. |
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