Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Leesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Leesville
- 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 Leesville:
- 41.024755, -87.625034
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Leesville
- 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 Kankakee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kankakee County
- Since Leesville is near Iroquois County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Iroquois County
- eBird sighting report for Newton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Leesville ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Leesville.
Within Illinois, the name Leesville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Connecticut
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Robeson 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 North Carolina community of Leesville [Robeson County].
- Wake County
- This Leesville is located in Wake County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Leesville that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Leesville.
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- This Leesville is located in Carroll County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the east of the Leesville that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Leesville.
- Crawford County
- This Leesville is located in Crawford County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east of the Leesville that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Leesville.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Campbell County
- This Leesville is located in Campbell County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Leesville that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Leesville.
- Suffolk City
- This Leesville is located in Suffolk City and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the east southeast of the Leesville that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Leesville.
- Westmoreland County
- This Leesville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km] to the east southeast of the Leesville that is located in Kankakee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Leesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leesville ...
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.
- Aroma Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aroma Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma Park
- Aroma Park is located in Kankakee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aroma Park <4>
- Beaverville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverville
- Beaverville is located in Iroquois County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaverville <4>
- Donovan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donovan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan
- Donovan is located in Iroquois County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donovan <4>
- Garden of Eden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden of Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Eden
- Garden of Eden is located in Kankakee County
- Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Log Cabin Camp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Cabin Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Camp
- Log Cabin Camp is located in Kankakee County
- Morocco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morocco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
- Morocco is located in Newton County (IN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,086 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morocco <4>
- River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Shadow Lawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shadow Lawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Lawn
- Shadow Lawn is located in Kankakee County
- Sugar Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Island
- Sugar Island is located in Kankakee County
How Far From Leesville 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 Leesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leesville and extending to:
- Kankakee, which is the Seat of Kankakee County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Leesville to Kankakee, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 578 miles [930.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,223 miles [10,014.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kankakee County: www.co.kankakee.il.us/
The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov
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 from Point A (ie- Leesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0248, Longitude: -87.6250 In this case, the coordinates for Leesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Leesville 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Leesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.432 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.206 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.808 degrees. |