Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Leonia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leonia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Leonia
- 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 Leonia:
- 30.908517, -86.024938
- 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 Leonia
- 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 Holmes County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Since Leonia is near Walton County and also Geneva County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Walton County
- eBird sighting report for Geneva 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Leonia ...
We found three communities that share the name Leonia.
Within Florida, the name Leonia is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Mississippi
- New Jersey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leonia ...
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.
- Baker Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Settlement
- Baker Settlement is located in Holmes County
- Bounds Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bounds Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossing
- Bounds Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Hickory Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in Holmes County
- Hobbs Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbs Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
- Hobbs Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Piney Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Piney Grove is located in Walton County
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Prosperity is located in Holmes County
- Royals Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royals Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royals Crossroads
- Royals Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Sand Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Leonia 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 Leonia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leonia and extending to:
- Bonifay, which is the Seat of Holmes County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leonia to Bonifay, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 749 miles [1,205.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,642 miles [10,689.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,337 miles [11,807.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,219 miles [8,399.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leonia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Leonia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leonia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9085, Longitude: -86.0249 In this case, the coordinates for Leonia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Leonia 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> | 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 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 Leonia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.034 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.184 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.529 degrees. |