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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 Leanderville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leanderville 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 Leanderville:
- 37.916271, -89.676169
- 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 Leanderville
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Leanderville is near Jackson County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Leanderville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leanderville ...
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.
- Blair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Diamond Cross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Cross is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Cross
- Dry Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Glenn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glenn is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn
- Jones Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jones Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ridge
- Kampenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kampenville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kampenville
- Point Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Point Rest is located in Perry County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rest
- Randolph
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Rockwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wine Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wine Hill is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wine Hill
How Far From Leanderville 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 Leanderville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leanderville and extending to:
- Chester, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the West.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Leanderville to Springfield, with an average speed<3>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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Leanderville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Leanderville 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 Leanderville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9163, Longitude: -89.6762 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.703 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.232 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.568 degrees. |
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