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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 Leaf, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leaf 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 Leaf:
    • 34.574541, -83.661011
    • 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 Leaf
  • 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 White County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for White County
    • Since Leaf is near Habersham County and also Hall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Habersham County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hall 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 Leaf

Communities Also Named Leaf ...

We found three communities that are also named Leaf.

Within Georgia, the name Leaf is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • This Leaf is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Leaf that is located in White County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Leaf.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Leaf [Lenawee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Greene County
      • This Leaf is located in Greene County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Leaf that is located in White County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Leaf.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leaf ...

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.

  • Aerial
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Aerial is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial
  • Benefit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Benefit is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benefit
  • Centerside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerside is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerside
  • Harvest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Harvest is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest
  • Heads Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heads Ferry is located in Habersham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heads Ferry
  • Leo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leo is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
    • Leo has also been known as:
    • Meldean
  • Oculus ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oculus is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oculus
  • Pink
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pink is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
  • Rogers Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rogers Mill is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mill

How Far From Leaf to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leaf to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cleveland, which is the Seat of White County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Leaf to Atlanta, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take three full days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 472 miles [759.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,074 miles [11,384.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,952 miles [7,969.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Leaf) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Leaf 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>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 Leaf 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 Leaf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5745, Longitude: -83.6610       In this case, the coordinates for Leaf have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.855 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.336 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.794 degrees.