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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 Le Roy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Le Roy 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 Le Roy:
    • 33.134315, -82.153732
    • 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 Le Roy
  • 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 Burke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burke County
    • Since Le Roy is near Jefferson County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Le Roy

Communities Also Named Le Roy ...

We found nine communities that are also named Le Roy.

Within Georgia, the name Le Roy is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • This Le Roy is located in McLean County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the northwest of the Le Roy that is located in Burke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Le Roy.
    • Iowa
      • Decatur County
      • This Le Roy is located in Decatur County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Le Roy that is located in Burke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Le Roy.
    • Kansas
      • Coffey County
      • This Le Roy is located in Coffey County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Le Roy that is located in Burke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffey County community of Le Roy.
    • Michigan
      • Osceola County
      • This Le Roy is located in Osceola County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Le Roy that is located in Burke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osceola County community of Le Roy.
    • Minnesota
      • Mower County
      • This Le Roy is located in Mower County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Le Roy that is located in Burke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Le Roy.
    • Nebraska
      • Adams County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Adams County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Le Roy.
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • This Le Roy is located in Genesee County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Le Roy that is located in Burke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Le Roy.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Le Roy [Jackson County].
    • Wyoming
      • Uinta County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Le Roy [Uinta County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Le Roy ...

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.

  • Bath
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bath is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
  • Drone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Drone is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drone
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 14,568 people
  • Dyes Crossroad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Dyes Crossroad is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyes Crossroad
  • Edie ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Edie is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edie
  • Hatchers Store
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatchers Store is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchers Store
  • Mechanic Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mechanic Hill is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Hill
  • Noah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Noah is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
    • Noah has also been known as:
    • Noah Station
  • Shell Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Shell Bluff is located in Burke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Le Roy once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Le Roy and extending to:

  • Waynesboro, which is the Seat of Burke County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Le Roy to Atlanta, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 489 miles [787 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,946 miles [7,959.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Le Roy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Le Roy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Le Roy 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.
<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 Le Roy 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 Le Roy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1343, Longitude: -82.1537       In this case, the coordinates for Le Roy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.94 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.078 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.586 degrees.