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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 Saint Leonard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Leonard 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 Saint Leonard:
- 40.201695, -74.957964
- 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 Saint Leonard
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Saint Leonard is near Montgomery County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Saint Leonard
Communities Also Named Saint Leonard ...
We found three communities that are also named Saint Leonard.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Saint Leonard is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Saint Leonard is located in Calvert County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Leonard that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Saint Leonard.
- New Brunswick
- This Saint Leonard lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Saint Leonard that is located in Bucks County.
- Quebec
- 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 Quebec community of Saint Leonard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Leonard ...
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.
- Breadysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Breadysville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breadysville
- Bridgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bridgetown is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Bucktoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bucktoe is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktoe
- Casey Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Casey Village is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Village
- Churchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Churchville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Cobalt Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cobalt Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt Ridge
- County Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- County Line is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Fairless Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairless Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairless Junction is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairless Junction
- Glenlake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenlake is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenlake
- Holland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ivybrook Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ivybrook Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivybrook Ridge
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Ivygreene Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ivygreene Run is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivygreene Run
- Johnsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Johnsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Little Italy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Italy is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Maple Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Point is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
- Rushland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ryans Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ryans Corner is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
- Stoopville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stoopville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoopville
- Street Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Street Road is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street Road
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Saint Leonard 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 Saint Leonard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Leonard and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Leonard to Doylestown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 142 miles [228.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,337 miles [6,979.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Leonard) 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 Saint Leonard 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> | 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 Saint Leonard 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 Saint Leonard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2017, Longitude: -74.9580 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Leonard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.559 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.133 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.30 degrees. |
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