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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 Leisure World, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leisure World 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 Leisure World:
    • 33.768073, -118.085619
    • 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 Leisure World
  • 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 Leisure World ...

We found three communities that share the name Leisure World.

There is one other community in California which is also named Leisure World.

Beyond California, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Contra Costa 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 California community of Leisure World [Contra Costa County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Leisure World is located in Maricopa County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<2> to the east of the Leisure World that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Leisure World.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Leisure World [Middlesex County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leisure World ...

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.

  • Barber City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber City
    • Barber City is located in Orange County
  • Cypress
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Lantern Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lantern Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lantern Village
    • Green Lantern Village is located in Orange County
  • Hawaiian Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Long Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Moody
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moody have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
    • Moody is located in Orange County
  • Naples
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
    • Naples is located in Los Angeles County
  • Ocean View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
    • Ocean View is located in Orange County
  • Seal Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Signal Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sugar ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
    • Sugar is located in Orange County
  • Sunset Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Surfside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Willowville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowville
    • Willowville is located in Los Angeles County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leisure World and extending to:

  • Santa Ana, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Leisure World to Santa Ana, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 382 miles [614.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,291 miles [3,687 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,581 miles [12,200.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,350 miles [13,438 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,336 miles [10,196.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for Orange County: www.oc.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Leisure World 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leisure World) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leisure World. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7681, Longitude: -118.0856       In this case, the coordinates for Leisure World have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Leisure World 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 336.067 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.914 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.535 degrees.




 

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