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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 Dayton Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dayton Station 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 Dayton Station:
- 45.235395, -123.067880
- 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 Dayton Station
- 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 Yamhill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yamhill County
- Since Dayton Station is near Marion County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Dayton Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dayton Station ...
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.
- Cove Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Orchard is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Orchard
- Dewey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dewey is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
- Donald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ladd Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ladd Hill is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Hill
- Orchard View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orchard View is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Springbrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Springbrook is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Unionvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Unionvale is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionvale
- Wheatland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
How Far From Dayton Station to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dayton Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dayton Station and extending to:
- McMinnville, which is the Seat of Yamhill County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Dayton Station to Salem, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,366 miles [3,807.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 93 days and walking would take 135 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,702 miles [12,395.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dayton Station) 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 Dayton Station 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 Dayton Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2354, Longitude: -123.0679 In this case, the coordinates for Dayton Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.359 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.879 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.391 degrees. |
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