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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 Leo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leo 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 Leo:
- 33.833497, -79.615062
- 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 Leo
- 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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Since Leo is near Williamsburg County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamsburg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Leo
Communities Also Named Leo ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Leo.
Within South Carolina, the name Leo is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Leo lies 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- Georgia
- White County
- This Leo is located in White County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Leo.
- Indiana
- Allen County
- This Leo is located in Allen County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Leo.
- Kansas
- Wyandotte 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 Kansas community of Leo [Wyandotte County].
- Michigan
- Baraga 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 Michigan community of Leo [Baraga County].
- Minnesota
- Lyon 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 Minnesota community of Leo [Lyon County].
- Roseau County
- This Leo is located in Roseau County and lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roseau County community of Leo.
- Missouri
- Johnson 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 Missouri community of Leo [Johnson County].
- North Carolina
- Stanly 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 Leo [Stanly County].
- Ohio
- Jackson County
- This Leo is located in Jackson County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Leo.
- Texas
- Cooke County
- This Leo is located in Cooke County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<1> to the west of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Leo.
- Lee County
- This Leo is located in Lee County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the west of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Leo.
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Leo [Roane County].
- Wyoming
- Carbon County
- This Leo is located in Carbon County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Leo that is located in Florence County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Leo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leo ...
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.
- Bass Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bass Crossroads is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Crossroads
- Blossom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blossom is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Butler Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Butler Crossroads is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Crossroads
- Evans Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Crossroads is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Crossroads
- Fleet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fleet is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleet
- Fowler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fowler is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Friendfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Friendfield is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendfield
- Half Moon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Half Moon is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Moon
- Indiantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Kennedy Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kennedy Park is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Park
- Kingsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kingsburg is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsburg
- Lake City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lee Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Crossroads is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Crossroads
How Far From Leo to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leo and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Leo to Florence, 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.
- Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 82 miles [132 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 377 miles [606.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,801 miles [7,726.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Leo) 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 Leo 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 Leo, 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 Leo 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 Leo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8335, Longitude: -79.6151 In this case, the coordinates for Leo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.521 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.547 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.451 degrees. |
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