Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Leslie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leslie and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Leslie
- 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 Leslie:
- 38.417816, -91.231008
- 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 Leslie
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Leslie is near Gasconade County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gasconade County
- eBird sighting report for Warren 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Leslie ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Leslie.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Leslie.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chilton 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 Alabama community of Leslie [Chilton County].
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Leslie [Clay County].
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New York
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Leslie [Fulton County].
- Van Wert County
- This community is historic and although located in Van Wert County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Leslie.
- Quebec
- This Leslie lies 1,618 miles [2,603.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Leslie that is located in Franklin County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Leslie lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Leslie that is located in Franklin County.
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Leslie is located in Hidalgo County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Leslie that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Leslie.
- Waller 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 Texas community of Leslie [Waller County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leslie ...
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.
- Champion City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Champion City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion City
- Champion City is located in Franklin County
- Clover Bottom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bottom
- Clover Bottom is located in Franklin County
- Gerald
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Gerald is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gerald <5>
- Greenstreet
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenstreet
- Greenstreet is located in Franklin County
- Lyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Noser Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noser Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noser Mill
- Noser Mill is located in Franklin County
- Peters Ford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Ford
- Peters Ford is located in Franklin County
- Rosebud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosebud have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- Rosebud is located in Gasconade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosebud <5>
- Spring Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bluff
- Spring Bluff is located in Franklin County
- Strain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
- Strain is located in Franklin County
How Far From Leslie 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 village such as Leslie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leslie and extending to:
- Union, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Leslie to Union, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,103 miles [8,212.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leslie. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Franklin County: www.franklinmo.org/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Leslie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Leslie 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> | 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- Leslie) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leslie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4178, Longitude: -91.2310 In this case, the coordinates for Leslie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Leslie to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.743 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.499 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.182 degrees. |