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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 Leitner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leitner 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 Leitner:
    • 34.250098, -92.066809
    • 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 Leitner
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Leitner is near Grant County and also Cleveland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cleveland 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 Leitner

Communities Also Named Leitner ...

We found one communities that are also named Leitner.

Within Arkansas, the name Leitner is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Leitner in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Leitner [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leitner ...

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.

  • Bruce ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bruce is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
  • Clear Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Lake is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • College Park ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Double Wells
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Double Wells is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Wells
  • Faith
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Faith is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
  • Glenlake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Glenlake is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake
  • Lamb ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lamb is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
  • Plain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plain View is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
  • Rob Roy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
  • Samples
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Samples is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samples
  • Sulphur Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leitner and extending to:

  • Pine Bluff, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Leitner to Little Rock, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 891 miles [1,433.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,728 miles [10,827.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,454 miles [11,996.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,330 miles [8,577.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Leitner 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leitner) 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 Leitner 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 Leitner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2501, Longitude: -92.0668       In this case, the coordinates for Leitner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.004 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.245 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.363 degrees.