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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 Leonore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leonore 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 Leonore:
- 41.189508, -88.980586
- 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 Leonore
- 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 La Salle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle County
- Since Leonore is near Livingston County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Leonore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leonore ...
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.
- Cedar Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coalville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Deer Park is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Farm Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farm Ridge is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Ridge
- Grand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Little Rock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little Rock is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Munster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otter ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Otter is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Priscilla ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Reading
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reading is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Reed Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Crossing is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Crossing
- Richards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Richards is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Sandy Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ford is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ford
- Stoneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stoneyville is located in La Salle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneyville
How Far From Leonore 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 village such as Leonore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leonore and extending to:
- Ottawa, which is the Seat of La Salle County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leonore to Ottawa, with an average speed<3> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,265 miles [10,082.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,889 miles [7,868.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leonore) 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 Leonore 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 Leonore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1895, Longitude: -88.9806 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.33 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.425 degrees. |
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