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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 Leechs Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leechs Corners 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 Leechs Corners:
- 41.431375, -80.334495
- 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 Leechs Corners
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Leechs Corners is near Crawford County and also York 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 York 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 Leechs Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leechs Corners ...
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.
- Delaware Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Delaware Grove is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Grove
- Donner Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Donner Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Crossroads
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hartstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Maysville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Oniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oniontown is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
- Porters Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porters Corners is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Corners
- Stony Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Transfer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Leechs Corners 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 Leechs Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leechs Corners and extending to:
- Mercer, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leechs Corners to Mercer, 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 196 miles [315.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 246 miles [395.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,923 miles [9,532.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leechs Corners) 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 Leechs Corners 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 Leechs Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4314, Longitude: -80.3345 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.744 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.933 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.214 degrees. |
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