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About Dayton, TN

Dayton sits along Highway 27 in southeastern Tennessee, about 40 miles north of Chattanooga in the Tennessee River Valley. The town connects east-west via State Route 30 to Spring City and the Watts Bar Lake area. Most visitors arrive from Chattanooga or I-40 to the north. This small city of 7,600 gained fame as the site of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" in its historic courthouse.

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Dayton, TN is in United States, at 35.491, -85.012 - about 26 km west of Decatur, TN.

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The closest airport to Dayton, TN is Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), 66 km (about 55 min by car).

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