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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 Leopolis, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leopolis 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 Leopolis:
- 39.871963, -93.421323
- 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 Leopolis
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Leopolis is near Linn County and also Grundy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy 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 Leopolis
Communities Also Named Leopolis ...
We found one communities that are also named Leopolis.
Within Missouri, the name Leopolis is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Leopolis in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Shawano County
- This Leopolis is located in Shawano County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Leopolis that is located in Livingston County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Leopolis.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leopolis ...
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.
- Alpha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Corner Campbell School
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cream Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Farmersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Fountain Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Harmony ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Meadville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Silverleaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silverleaf is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverleaf
How Far From Leopolis to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leopolis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Leopolis once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Leopolis and extending to:
- Chillicothe, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Leopolis to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,125 miles [8,247.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Leopolis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Leopolis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Leopolis 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 Leopolis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8720, Longitude: -93.4213 In this case, the coordinates for Leopolis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.282 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.466 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.933 degrees. |
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