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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 Dantown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dantown 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 Dantown:
    • 41.706722, -80.391455
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dantown
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Dantown ...

We found one communities that share the name Dantown.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Dantown is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Dantown in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dantown [Barbour County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dantown ...

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.

  • Beaver Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Center
    • Beaver Center is located in Crawford County
  • Center Road
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Road have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Road
    • Center Road is located in Crawford County
  • Coons Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons Corners
    • Coons Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Dennys Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennys Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Corners
    • Dennys Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Dicksonburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
    • Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County
  • Linesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linesville
    • Linesville is located in Crawford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 965 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Linesville <3>
  • Littles Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littles Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
    • Littles Corners is located in Crawford County
  • Meadville Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadville Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville Junction
    • Meadville Junction is located in Crawford County
  • Shadeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadeland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeland
    • Shadeland is located in Crawford County
  • Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring
    • Spring is located in Crawford County
  • Stony Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Stony Point is located in Crawford County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Dantown and extending to:

  • Meadville, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dantown to Meadville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 262 miles [421.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,637 miles [10,681.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,513 miles [7,263 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dantown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Crawford County: www.co.crawford.pa.us/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dantown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dantown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7067, Longitude: -80.3915       In this case, the coordinates for Dantown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Dantown 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 309.764 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.997 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.138 degrees.









 

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