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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 North Dayton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Dayton 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 North Dayton:
- 40.330602, -84.775518
- 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 North Dayton
- 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 Darke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Darke County
- Since North Dayton is near Jay County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 North Dayton
Communities Also Named North Dayton ...
We found two communities that are also named North Dayton.
There is one other community in Ohio that is also named North Dayton.
Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named North Dayton in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Montgomery 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 Ohio community of North Dayton [Montgomery County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Rhea County
- This North Dayton is located in Rhea County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the south of the North Dayton that is located in Darke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of North Dayton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.
- Boundary City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Bucks Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bucks Corner is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
- Fort Recovery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haysville Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Haysville Corner is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville Corner
- Hill Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hill Grove is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Grove
- Lightsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lightsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightsville
- Noble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Noble is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Roe Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roe Corners is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Corners
- Rose Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Union City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From North Dayton 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 North Dayton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Dayton and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Darke County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Dayton to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,148 miles [9,894.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,753 miles [7,649.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 North Dayton 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- North Dayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 North Dayton 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 North Dayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3306, Longitude: -84.7755 In this case, the coordinates for North Dayton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.589 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.003 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.655 degrees. |
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