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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 Layne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Layne 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 Layne:
    • 39.912838, -83.774649
    • 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 Layne
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Layne is near Champaign County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Champaign County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Layne

Communities Also Named Layne ...

We found one communities that are also named Layne.

Within Ohio, the name Layne is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Layne in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Layne [Sharp County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Layne ...

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.

  • Green Hedges
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Hedges is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hedges
  • Greenlawn Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenlawn Village is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Village
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Holiday Hills is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
  • Home Orchards
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Home Orchards is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Orchards
  • Limecrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Limecrest is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limecrest
  • Locustgrove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Locustgrove is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustgrove
  • Meadow Lane
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Meadow Lane is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lane
  • Miracle Mile
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Miracle Mile is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Mile
  • Olympic Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Olympic Hills is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympic Hills
  • Possum Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Possum Woods is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Woods
  • Riceville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Riceville is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Sun Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sun Valley is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
  • Walnut Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Layne and extending to:

  • Springfield, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Layne to Columbus, 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 366 miles [589 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,729 miles [7,610.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Layne 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.
<2>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- Layne) 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 Layne 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 Layne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9128, Longitude: -83.7746       In this case, the coordinates for Layne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.96 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.225 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.321 degrees.