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:
- 31.143303, -93.263716
- 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 parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Vernon Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Vernon Parish
- Since Leesville is near Newton County and also Beauregard Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Newton County
- eBird sighting report for Beauregard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Leesville ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Leesville.
Within Louisiana, the name Leesville is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Indiana
- 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 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Leesville that is located in Vernon Parish.
- 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 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Leesville that is located in Vernon Parish.
- 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 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the northeast of the Leesville that is located in Vernon Parish.
- 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 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Leesville that is located in Vernon Parish.
- 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 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the east northeast of the Leesville that is located in Vernon Parish.
- 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 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km] to the east northeast of the Leesville that is located in Vernon Parish.
- 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.
- Billy Goat Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Billy Goat Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
- Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Billy Goat Hill
- From Leesville to Billy Goat Hill
- Coopers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Lee Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Lincoln Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Vernon Parish
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Sandy Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Sandy Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Savage Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Savage Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
- Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Savage Fork
- From Leesville to Savage Fork
- Standard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Leesville 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 city 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:
- Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Leesville to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<5>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 1,060 miles [1,705.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,651 miles [12,313.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,527 miles [8,894.8 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 State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.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 drawn 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: 31.1433, Longitude: -93.2637 |
| <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 parish. 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 317.436 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.339 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.331 degrees. |