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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 Dodds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dodds 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 Dodds:
    • 39.493949, -84.153269
    • 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 Dodds
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Dodds is near Greene County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Dodds

Communities Also Named Dodds ...

We found five communities that are also named Dodds.

Within Ohio, the name Dodds is unique.

Beyond Ohio, 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 one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This Dodds is located in Attala County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dodds that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Dodds.
    • Missouri
      • Camden County
      • This Dodds is located in Camden County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the west of the Dodds that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Dodds.
      • New Madrid County
      • This Dodds is located in New Madrid County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the west southwest of the Dodds that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Dodds.
    • Quebec
      • This Dodds lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dodds that is located in Warren County.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford 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 Dodds [Stafford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dodds ...

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.

  • Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferry is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry
  • Five Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Flat Iron
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Iron is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Iron
  • Greentree Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Greentree Corners is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Corners
  • Harveysburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Harveysburg is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
  • Hickoryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hickoryville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickoryville
  • Hillcrest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hunter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hunter is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Manor ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Manor is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor
  • Mount Holly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Holly is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Red Lion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Red Lion is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Ridge ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridge is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Senior
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Senior is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senior

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

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

  • Lebanon, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Dodds to Columbus, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 382 miles [614.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,887 miles [11,083.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,763 miles [7,665.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Dodds) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Dodds 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>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 Dodds 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 Dodds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4939, Longitude: -84.1533       In this case, the coordinates for Dodds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.204 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.442 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.623 degrees.