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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 Day City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Day City and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Day City:
    • 47.766487, -122.156236
    • 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 Day City
  • 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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for King County
    • Since Day City is near Snohomish County and also Pierce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Snohomish County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce 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 Day City

Curious and Interesting Names Near Day City ...

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.

  • Cedar Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Park is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Park
  • Clearview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Clearview is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Cottage Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cottage Lake is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Lake
  • Echo Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Echo Lake is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
  • Grace
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grace is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Kingsgate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Kingsgate is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
  • Martha Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Martha Lake is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Lake
  • Moorlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Moorlands is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorlands
  • Rose Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rose Hill is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Silver Firs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Silver Firs is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
  • Thrashers Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Thrashers Corner is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrashers Corner
  • Willows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Willows is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Day City once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Day City and extending to:

  • Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Day City to Seattle, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,311 miles [3,719.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,760 miles [10,879.2 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 7,522 miles [12,105.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,646 miles [9,086.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

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 Day City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Day City) 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 Day City 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 Day City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7665, Longitude: -122.1562       In this case, the coordinates for Day City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.735 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.277 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.631 degrees.