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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 Leverton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leverton 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 Leverton:
- 39.943356, -93.058536
- 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 Leverton
- 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 Linn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Linn County
- Since Leverton is near Sullivan County and also Macon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon 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 Leverton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leverton ...
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.
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Enterprise is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Ethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Forker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forker is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forker
- Grantsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grantsville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsville
- Harmony ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Hart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lingo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Meadville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Mystic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mystic is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
- Parsons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parsons is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Paw Paw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Paw Paw is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Sticklerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
How Far From Leverton 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 Leverton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leverton and extending to:
- Linneus, which is the Seat of Linn County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Leverton to Jefferson City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 856 miles [1,377.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Leverton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Leverton 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 Leverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9434, Longitude: -93.0585 In this case, the coordinates for Leverton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.038 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.195 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.738 degrees. |
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