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 East Dayton:
39.766726, -84.147161
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.
We found two communities that share the name East Dayton.
Within Ohio, the name East Dayton is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This East Dayton is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the East Dayton that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of East Dayton.
Michigan
Tuscola County
This East Dayton is located in Tuscola County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the north of the East Dayton that is located in Montgomery County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of East Dayton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Dayton ...
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.
Stillwater Junction (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stillwater Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 East Dayton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Dayton and extending to:
Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from East Dayton to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 384 miles [618 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Dayton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Dayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7667, Longitude: -84.1472 In this case, the coordinates for East Dayton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 East Dayton 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 312.197 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.474 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.537 degrees.