Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Leatherbark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Leatherbark and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Leatherbark

• 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 Leatherbark:
  • 38.788423, -81.196783
  • 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 Leatherbark

• 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
  • Since Leatherbark is near Roane County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Leatherbark

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leatherbark ...

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.

• Adam
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Adam is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam
• Beech
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Beech is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
• Clover
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clover is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
• Liberty Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Liberty Hill is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
• Millstone
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Millstone is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
• Otto
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Otto is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
• Pink
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Pink is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
• Sand Ridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sand Ridge is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
• Walnut Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Grove is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Leatherbark to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leatherbark to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Leatherbark and extending to:

• Grantsville, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leatherbark to Grantsville, with an average speed<2> 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.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'