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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 Lee Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lee Hills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lee Hills:
    • 31.137687, -93.283499
    • 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 Lee Hills
  • 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Vernon Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
    • Since Lee Hills is near Newton County and also Sabine Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sabine Parish
  • 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 Lee Hills

Communities Also Named Lee Hills ...

We found one communities that are also named Lee Hills.

Within Louisiana, the name Lee Hills is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Lee Hills in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Lee Hills is located in Richland County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lee Hills that is located in Vernon Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Lee Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lee Hills ...

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.

  • Billy Goat Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
  • Coopers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Coopers is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Dixie is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Leesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Lincoln Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Pinecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pinecrest is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Sandy Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Hill is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
  • Savage Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
  • Standard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Standard is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard

How Far From Lee Hills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lee Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lee Hills and extending to:

  • Leesville, which is the Seat of Vernon Parish, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Lee Hills to Baton Rouge, 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 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,653 miles [12,316.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,528 miles [8,896.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lee Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lee Hills 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 Lee Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1377, Longitude: -93.2835       In this case, the coordinates for Lee Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.448 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.352 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.34 degrees.