Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lessie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lessie and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lessie

• 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 Lessie:
  • 30.725234, -81.777051
  • 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 Lessie

• 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
  • Since Lessie is near Camden County and also Duval County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Duval 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 Lessie

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lessie ...

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.

• Catfish Acres
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Catfish Acres is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Acres
• Deer Run
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Deer Run is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
• Evergreen
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Fawnwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fawnwood is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawnwood
• Flea Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Flea Hill is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Hill
• Forest Ridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Forest Ridge is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
• Greentree
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Greentree is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
• Greenville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenville is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
• Gross
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Gross is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
• Gross Still ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gross Still is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Still
• Kings Ferry
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kings Ferry is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
• Martin Glen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin Glen is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Glen
• May Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • May Creek is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Creek
• Wolfbay
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wolfbay is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfbay

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lessie and extending to:

• Fernandina Beach, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lessie to Fernandina Beach, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,143 miles [11,495.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,033 miles [8,099.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'