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 Leesville:
35.907093, -78.726116
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.
We found seventeen communities that share the name Leesville.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Leesville.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Robeson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Leesville [Robeson County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Colusa County
This Leesville is located in Colusa County and lies 2,379 miles [3,828.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Leesville.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Leesville is located in Middlesex County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<2> to the northeast of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Leesville.
Illinois
Kankakee County
This Leesville is located in Kankakee County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Leesville.
Indiana
Lawrence County
This Leesville is located in Lawrence County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Leesville.
Louisiana
Vernon Parish
This Leesville is located in Vernon Parish and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Leesville.
Michigan
Wayne County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Leesville [Wayne County].
Missouri
Henry County
This Leesville is located in Henry County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Leesville.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Leesville is located in Ocean County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Leesville.
New York
Schoharie County
This Leesville is located in Schoharie County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Leesville.
Ohio
Carroll County
This Leesville is located in Carroll County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Leesville.
Crawford County
This Leesville is located in Crawford County and lies 402 miles [647 km] to the north northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Leesville.
South Carolina
Lexington County
This Leesville is located in Lexington County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Leesville.
Texas
Gonzales County
This Leesville is located in Gonzales County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Leesville.
Virginia
Campbell County
This Leesville is located in Campbell County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Leesville.
Suffolk City
This Leesville is located in Suffolk City and lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east northeast of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Leesville.
Westmoreland County
This Leesville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the north northeast of the Leesville that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Leesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leesville ...
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.
Chestnut Hills (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Leesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leesville and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leesville to Raleigh, with an average speed<4> 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 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Leesville 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.
<2>
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 from Point A (ie- Leesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9071, Longitude: -78.7261 In this case, the coordinates for Leesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<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 Leesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.998 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.251 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.466 degrees.