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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Lees Mill:
39.738163, -76.079672
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.
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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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eight communities that are also named Lees Mill.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lees Mill is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Fayette County
This Lees Mill is located in Fayette County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lees Mill.
Maryland
Carroll County
This Lees Mill is located in Carroll County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lees Mill.
New Hampshire
Carroll County
This Lees Mill is located in Carroll County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lees Mill that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lees Mill.
North Carolina
Johnston County
This Lees Mill is located in Johnston County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Lees Mill.
Washington 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 North Carolina community of Lees Mill [Washington County].
Texas
Newton County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Newton County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Lees Mill.
Virginia
Isle of Wight County
This Lees Mill is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Lees Mill.
Prince George County
This Lees Mill is located in Prince George County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the south southwest of the Lees Mill that is located in Chester County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Lees Mill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lees Mill ...
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.
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 Lees Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lees Mill and extending to:
West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lees Mill to West Chester, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lees Mill) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lees Mill 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>
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 Lees Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Lees Mill 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 Lees Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7382, Longitude: -76.0797 In this case, the coordinates for Lees Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.264 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.859 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.975 degrees.