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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 South Dayton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South 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 South Dayton:
- 29.997439, -94.865480
- 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 South 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 Liberty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Since South Dayton is near Chambers County and also Harris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chambers County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harris 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 South Dayton
Communities Also Named South Dayton ...
We found four communities that are also named South Dayton.
Within Texas, the name South Dayton is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This South Dayton is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the east of the South Dayton that is located in Liberty County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of South Dayton.
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- This South Dayton is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Dayton that is located in Liberty County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of South Dayton.
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of South Dayton [Montgomery County].
- Tennessee
- Rhea County
- This South Dayton is located in Rhea County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the South Dayton that is located in Liberty County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rhea County community of South Dayton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near South 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.
- Cove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cove is located in Chambers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cow Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cow Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
- Gum Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gum Grove is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Grove
- Happy Hideaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Happy Hideaway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hideaway
- Heathergate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Heathergate is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathergate
- Ladd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ladd is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Martha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Martha is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Rock Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Tall Cedars
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tall Cedars is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Cedars
How Far From South 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 South Dayton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Dayton and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Liberty County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from South Dayton to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,775 miles [12,512.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,650 miles [9,092.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- South Dayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 South 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. |
| <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 South 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 South Dayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9974, Longitude: -94.8655 In this case, the coordinates for South Dayton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.204 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.125 degrees. |
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