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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 Leary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leary 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 Leary:
- 31.484732, -84.513284
- 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 Leary
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Leary is near Baker County and also Dougherty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dougherty 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 Leary
Communities Also Named Leary ...
We found three communities that are also named Leary.
Within Georgia, the name Leary is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Camden 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 North Carolina community of Leary [Camden County].
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This Leary is located in Bowie County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Leary that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Leary.
- Washington
- Skagit County
- This Leary is located in Skagit County and lies 2,293 miles [3,690.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Leary that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of Leary.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leary ...
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.
- Anna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Anna is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Bermuda
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bermuda is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Bethany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Commissary Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Commissary Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commissary Hill
- Dickey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dickey is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Ducker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ducker is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducker
- Edison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Five Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Folks ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Folks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folks
- Jones Spur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Spur
- Parksville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Parksville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Red Store Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Leary 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 city such as Leary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leary and extending to:
- Morgan, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Leary 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,125 miles [8,247.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Leary 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Leary 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 Leary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4847, Longitude: -84.5133 In this case, the coordinates for Leary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.207 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.308 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.853 degrees. |
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