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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 Dawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawn 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 Dawn:
- 39.668433, -93.635641
- 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 Dawn
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Dawn is near Carroll County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Dawn
Communities Also Named Dawn ...
We found five communities that are also named Dawn.
Within Missouri, the name Dawn is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Darke County
- This Dawn is located in Darke County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east of the Dawn that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Dawn.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Dawn.
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dawn [Coffee County].
- Texas
- Deaf Smith County
- This Dawn is located in Deaf Smith County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dawn that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deaf Smith County community of Dawn.
- Virginia
- Caroline 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 Virginia community of Dawn [Caroline County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawn ...
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.
- Black Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Blue Mound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mound is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound
- Corner Campbell School
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cream Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Easterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Easterville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easterville
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Grace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grace is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Lock Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lock Springs is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Quote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Quote is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quote
- Roads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roads is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads
- Tina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tina is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
How Far From Dawn 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 Dawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dawn and extending to:
- Chillicothe, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dawn to Chillicothe, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,142 miles [8,275.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dawn 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 Dawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Dawn 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 Dawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6684, Longitude: -93.6356 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.418 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.597 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.082 degrees. |
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