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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 Leaday, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leaday 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 Leaday:
- 31.567933, -99.673126
- 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 Leaday
- 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 Coleman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Since Leaday is near McCulloch County and also Concho County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCulloch County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Concho 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 Leaday
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leaday ...
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.
- Glen Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Hays Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hays Crossing is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Crossing
- Knight Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knight Crossing is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Crossing
- Paint Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pear Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Salt Gap ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Salt Gap is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Gap
- Shields
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shields is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Stacy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stacy is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Walker Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Crossing is located in McCulloch County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Crossing
How Far From Leaday to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leaday to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leaday and extending to:
- Coleman, which is the Seat of Coleman County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leaday to Coleman, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,894 miles [12,704.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,775 miles [9,294 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leaday) 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 Leaday 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 Leaday. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5679, Longitude: -99.6731 In this case, the coordinates for Leaday have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.434 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.073 degrees. |
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