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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 Leaksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leaksville 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 Leaksville:
- 38.627347, -78.524748
- 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 Leaksville
- 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 Page County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Page County
- Since Leaksville is near Shenandoah County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Leaksville
Communities Also Named Leaksville ...
We found one communities that are also named Leaksville.
Within Virginia, the name Leaksville is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Leaksville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Rockingham County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Leaksville [Rockingham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leaksville ...
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.
- Cavetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cavetown is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Honeyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Honeyville is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Intersections
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Intersections is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intersections
- Marksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Man
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stony Man is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Man
- Whitehouse Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Whitehouse Landing is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Landing
- Woodland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Park is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Leaksville 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 Leaksville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Leaksville and extending to:
- Luray, which is the Seat of Page County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Leaksville to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,679 miles [10,748.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Leaksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Leaksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Leaksville 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 Leaksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6273, Longitude: -78.5247 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.785 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.416 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.442 degrees. |
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