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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 Leeville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leeville 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 Leeville:
- 31.394061, -89.256449
- 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 Leeville
- 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 Forrest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest County
- Since Leeville is near Jones County and also Lamar County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar 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 Leeville
Communities Also Named Leeville ...
We found five communities that are also named Leeville.
Within Mississippi, the name Leeville is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Lafourche Parish
- This Leeville is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Leeville that is located in Forrest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Leeville.
- Nevada
- Eureka County
- This Leeville is located in Eureka County and lies 1,636 miles [2,632.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Leeville that is located in Forrest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Leeville.
- Ontario
- This Leeville lies 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Leeville that is located in Forrest County.
- Tennessee
- Hawkins 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 Tennessee community of Leeville [Hawkins County].
- Wilson County
- This Leeville is located in Wilson County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Leeville that is located in Forrest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Leeville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leeville ...
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.
- Bowie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bowie is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Carterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Carterville is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
- Dragon
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dragon is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
- Goodluck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Harvey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harvey is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Jenkins Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins Ferry is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Ferry
- Maybank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maybank is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybank
- Peoples Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peoples Ferry is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Ferry
- Petal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Providence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Leeville 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 Leeville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leeville and extending to:
- Hattiesburg, which is the Seat of Forrest County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Leeville to Jackson, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 861 miles [1,385.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,464 miles [12,012.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,341 miles [8,595.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Leeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Leeville 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Leeville 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 Leeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3941, Longitude: -89.2564 In this case, the coordinates for Leeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.986 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.515 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.676 degrees. |
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