Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Leesburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leesburg and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Leesburg
- 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 Leesburg:
- 39.104529, -77.555380
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Leesburg
- 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 Loudoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Since Leesburg is near Montgomery County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- eBird sighting report for Frederick 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Leesburg ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Leesburg.
Within Virginia, the name Leesburg is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Lee County
- This Leesburg is located in Lee County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Leesburg that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Leesburg.
- Muscogee County
- This Leesburg is located in Muscogee County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km] to the southwest of the Leesburg that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Leesburg.
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Allen 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 Indiana community of Leesburg [Allen County].
- Kosciusko County
- This Leesburg is located in Kosciusko County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Leesburg that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Leesburg.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Leesburg is located in Rankin County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Leesburg that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Leesburg.
- Washington 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 Mississippi community of Leesburg [Washington County].
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Cumberland 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 Pennsylvania community of Leesburg [Cumberland County].
- Mercer County
- This Leesburg is located in Mercer County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Leesburg that is located in Loudoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Leesburg.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Leesburg ...
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.
- Edwards Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Ferry
- Edwards Ferry is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Elmer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Evergreen Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Mills
- Evergreen Mills is located in Loudoun County
- Fox Chase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Goresville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goresville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goresville
- Goresville is located in Loudoun County
- Graves
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Hughesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Hughesville is located in Loudoun County
- Ivandale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Little Washington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
- Little Washington is located in Loudoun County
- Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Montgomery County (MD)
- Potomac Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potomac Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Crossing
- Potomac Crossing is located in Loudoun County
- University Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Center
- University Center is located in Loudoun County
How Far From Leesburg 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 town such as Leesburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Leesburg and extending to:
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Leesburg to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,618 miles [10,650.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,494 miles [7,232.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Leesburg: www.leesburgva.org/
The official website for Loudoun County: www.co.loudoun.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Leesburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leesburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1045, Longitude: -77.5554 In this case, the coordinates for Leesburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Leesburg 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Leesburg to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.183 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.805 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.854 degrees. |