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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 Leeds Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leeds Junction 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 Leeds Junction:
    • 44.206353, -70.079338
    • 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 Leeds Junction
  • 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 Leeds Junction ...

We found one communities that share the name Leeds Junction.

Within Maine, the name Leeds Junction is unique.

Beyond Maine, there is another community also named Leeds Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Leeds Junction [Jackson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leeds Junction ...

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.

  • Drinkwater Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater Corner
    • Drinkwater Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Foggs Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foggs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foggs Corner
    • Foggs Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Frenchs Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs Corner
    • Frenchs Corner is located in Kennebec County
  • Greene
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greene have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
    • Greene is located in Androscoggin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,347 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greene <3>
  • Greene Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greene Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Corner
    • Greene Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Purgatory
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purgatory have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgatory
    • Purgatory is located in Kennebec County
  • Ring Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Hill
    • Ring Hill is located in Kennebec County
  • Robinson Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corner
    • Robinson Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Skillings Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skillings Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillings Corner
    • Skillings Corner is located in Androscoggin County
  • Spears Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spears Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Corner
    • Spears Corner is located in Kennebec County
  • Starbird Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starbird Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbird Corner
    • Starbird Corner is located in Sagadahoc County

How Far From Leeds Junction 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 community such as Leeds Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Leeds Junction and extending to:

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Androscoggin County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Leeds Junction to Auburn, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 513 miles [825.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,392 miles [8,677.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,981 miles [6,406.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Leeds Junction 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Leeds Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leeds Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2064, Longitude: -70.0793       In this case, the coordinates for Leeds Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Leeds Junction 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 303.079 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.881 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.133 degrees.




 

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