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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 Lees Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lees Corner 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 Lees Corner:
    • 39.223443, -76.069669
    • 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 Lees Corner
  • 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 Lees Corner ...

We found eight communities that share the name Lees Corner.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Lees Corner.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Carroll County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lees Corner.
    • Montgomery County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Montgomery County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the west of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lees Corner.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Lees Corner lies 2,387 miles [3,841.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
    • Michigan
      • Midland 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 Michigan community of Lees Corner [Midland County].
    • Quebec
      • This Lees Corner lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the north of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
    • South Dakota
      • Buffalo County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Buffalo County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Lees Corner.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Maury County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Lees Corner.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Fairfax County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Lees Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lees Corner ...

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.

  • Chestertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Goose Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Hill
    • Goose Hill is located in Kent County
  • Harrisburg ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Kent County
  • Heather Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heather Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
    • Heather Heights is located in Kent County
  • Heron Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heron Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Point
    • Heron Point is located in Kent County
  • Kings Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
    • Kings Court is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Kingstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
    • Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Mile Tree Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mile Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
    • Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
  • Orchard Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
    • Orchard Hill is located in Kent County
  • Pear Tree Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pear Tree Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Point
    • Pear Tree Point is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Piney Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
    • Piney Grove is located in Kent County

How Far From Lees Corner 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 Lees Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Chestertown, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Lees Corner to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lees Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kent County: www.kentcounty.com/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.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- Lees Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lees Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2234, Longitude: -76.0697       In this case, the coordinates for Lees Corner 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lees Corner 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lees Corner 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 307.297 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.817 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.179 degrees.




 

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