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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 Leon Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leon Junction 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 Leon Junction:
- 31.342092, -97.595934
- 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 Leon Junction
- 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 Coryell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coryell County
- Since Leon Junction is near Bell County and also McLennan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan 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 Leon Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leon Junction ...
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.
- Bland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bland is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Cold Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Curry Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Curry Crossing is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Crossing
- Flat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gatesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lime City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lime City is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime City
- Mason Crossing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mound
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Owl Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owl Creek is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Creek
- Pecan Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pecan Grove is located in Coryell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
How Far From Leon Junction 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 Leon Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Leon Junction and extending to:
- Gatesville, which is the Seat of Coryell County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Leon Junction to Gatesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the south (S). 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 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,090 miles [11,410.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,823 miles [12,589.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,700 miles [9,173.3 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 '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- Leon Junction) 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 Leon Junction 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 Leon Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3421, Longitude: -97.5959 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.28 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.705 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.161 degrees. |
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