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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 Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leon Valley 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 Valley:
- 29.495358, -98.614058
- 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 Valley
- 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 Bexar County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bexar County
- Since Leon Valley is near Medina County and also Comal County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Medina County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comal 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 Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leon Valley ...
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.
- Cross Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
- Dominion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dominion is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Grey Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grey Forest is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 575 people
- Kirby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Leon Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
- Longhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Longhorn is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longhorn
- Shorts Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shorts Corner is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
- Valley Hi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Valley Hi is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
How Far From Leon Valley 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 city such as Leon Valley 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 Valley and extending to:
- San Antonio, which is the Seat of Bexar County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Leon Valley to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,387 miles [2,232.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 79 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,227 miles [11,630.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,957 miles [12,805.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,834 miles [9,388.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leon Valley) 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 Valley 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 Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4954, Longitude: -98.6141 In this case, the coordinates for Leon Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.675 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.94 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.753 degrees. |
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