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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 Leasburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leasburg 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 Leasburg:
    • 36.394584, -79.154460
    • 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 Leasburg
  • 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 Caswell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caswell County
    • Since Leasburg is near Person County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Person County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Leasburg

Communities Also Named Leasburg ...

We found two communities that are also named Leasburg.

Within North Carolina, the name Leasburg is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Crawford County
      • This Leasburg is located in Crawford County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Leasburg that is located in Caswell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Leasburg.
    • New Mexico
      • Dona Ana County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Leasburg [Dona Ana County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leasburg ...

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.

  • Bushy Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushy Fork is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushy Fork
  • Chub Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Chub Lake is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chub Lake
  • Five Forks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Five Forks is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Frogsboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Frogsboro is located in Caswell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogsboro
  • Hicks Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Hicks Village is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Village
  • Hightowers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hightowers is located in Caswell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightowers
  • Lake View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lake View is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Longs Store
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Longs Store is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Store
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Caswell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Roseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Roseville is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville

How Far From Leasburg to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leasburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leasburg and extending to:

  • Yanceyville, which is the Seat of Caswell County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Leasburg to Yanceyville, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leasburg) 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 Leasburg, 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 Leasburg 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 Leasburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3946, Longitude: -79.1545       In this case, the coordinates for Leasburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.233 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.593 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.473 degrees.