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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 LeBoeuf Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to LeBoeuf Garden 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 LeBoeuf Garden:
    • 41.927905, -79.983131
    • 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 LeBoeuf Garden
  • 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
    • Since LeBoeuf Garden is near Crawford County and also Chautauqua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua 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 LeBoeuf Garden

Curious and Interesting Names Near LeBoeuf Garden ...

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.

  • Bagdad
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bagdad is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Branchville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Branchville is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Draketown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Draketown is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draketown
  • Indian Head
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Indian Head is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • New Ireland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • New Ireland is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
  • Reeds Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Reeds Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Corners
  • Union City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Valley Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Corners
  • Weeds Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Weeds Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeds Corners

How Far From LeBoeuf Garden 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 LeBoeuf Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in LeBoeuf Garden and extending to:

  • Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from LeBoeuf Garden to Erie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- LeBoeuf Garden) 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 LeBoeuf Garden 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 LeBoeuf Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9279, Longitude: -79.9831    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.493 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.725 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.862 degrees.