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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 Leola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leola 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 Leola:
- 40.087875, -76.184953
- 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 Leola
- 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 Lancaster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster County
- Since Leola is near Bedford County and also Berks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berks 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 Leola
Communities Also Named Leola ...
We found three communities that are also named Leola.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Leola is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence 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 Alabama community of Leola [Lawrence County].
- Arkansas
- Grant County
- This Leola is located in Grant County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Leola that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Leola.
- South Dakota
- McPherson County
- This Leola is located in McPherson County and lies 1,209 miles [1,945.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Leola that is located in Lancaster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Leola.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leola ...
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.
- Bareville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bareville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bareville
- Bird-in-Hand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eden Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Heights
- Farmersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Farmersville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Greenland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Holland Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holland Heights is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
- Irishtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Irishtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Mascot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mascot is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Smoketown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stumptown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stumptown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Weavertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weavertown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavertown
How Far From Leola 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 Leola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leola and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Lancaster County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Leola to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,811 miles [9,351.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,519 miles [10,491.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,396 miles [7,074.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 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 Leola 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 '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- Leola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Leola 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 Leola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0879, Longitude: -76.1850 In this case, the coordinates for Leola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.298 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.953 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.877 degrees. |
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