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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 Lees Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lees Corner and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Lees Corner:
    • 38.904278, -77.416932
    • 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 Lees Corner
  • 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 Fairfax County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
    • Since Lees Corner is near Loudoun County and also Fairfax City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax City
  • 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 Lees Corner

Communities Also Named Lees Corner ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lees Corner.

Within Virginia, the name Lees Corner is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Lees Corner lies 2,343 miles [3,770.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Carroll County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lees Corner.
      • Kent County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Kent County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the east northeast of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Lees Corner.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Montgomery County and lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lees Corner.
    • Michigan
      • Midland 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 Lees Corner [Midland County].
    • Quebec
      • This Lees Corner lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
    • South Dakota
      • Buffalo County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Buffalo County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Lees Corner.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Lees Corner is located in Maury County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lees Corner that is located in Fairfax County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Lees Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lees Corner ...

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.

  • Cooktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cooktown is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooktown
  • Crystal Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • German
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • German is located in Loudoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
  • Joyce Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Joyce Heights is located in Fairfax City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce Heights
  • Lee-Hi Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee-Hi Village is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee-Hi Village
  • Lewis Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lewis Park is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Park
  • Lincoln Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • London Towne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • London Towne is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Towne
  • Moneys Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Moneys Corner is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneys Corner
  • Navy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Navy is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy
  • Oak Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Loudoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pinecrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinecrest is located in Fairfax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Random Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Random Hills is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Hills
    • Sunset Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunset Hills is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hills
    • Uniontown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Uniontown is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Willow Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Willow Springs is located in Fairfax County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs

How Far From Lees Corner 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 Lees Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lees Corner and extending to:

  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Lees Corner to Richmond, 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 6 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 20 miles [32.2 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lees Corner) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Lees Corner 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>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 Lees Corner 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 Lees Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9043, Longitude: -77.4169       In this case, the coordinates for Lees Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.113 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.694 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.872 degrees.