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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 Leathersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leathersville 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 Leathersville:
- 33.716795, -82.439850
- 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 Leathersville
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Leathersville is near Columbia County and also Wilkes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wilkes 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 Leathersville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leathersville ...
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.
- Clay Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clay Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Hill
- Double Branches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Double Branches is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
- Martins Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
- Maxim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maxim is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Wilkes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Price Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Price Ferry is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Ferry
- Raysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Raysville is located in McDuffie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raysville
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Leathersville 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 Leathersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Leathersville and extending to:
- Lincolnton, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Leathersville to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,054 miles [11,352.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,934 miles [7,940.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Leathersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Leathersville 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 Leathersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7168, Longitude: -82.4399 In this case, the coordinates for Leathersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.12 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.368 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.542 degrees. |
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