Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Leahy Place:
  • 42.507466, -105.943620
  • 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 Leahy Place

• 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 Converse County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Converse County
  • Since Leahy Place is near Albany County and also Carbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon 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 Leahy Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leahy Place ...

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.

• Boxelder
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Boxelder is located in Converse County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
• Cow Hollow
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Cow Hollow is located in Natrona County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Hollow
• Crimson Dawn
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Crimson Dawn is located in Natrona County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimson Dawn
• Dead Man Crossing
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dead Man Crossing is located in Converse County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dead Man Crossing
• Fry
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Fry is located in Natrona County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
• Little Medicine
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Little Medicine is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Medicine
• Reed Place
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Reed Place is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Place
• Rolling Hills
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Converse County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people

How Far From Leahy Place 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 community such as Leahy Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Douglas, which is the Seat of Converse County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Leahy Place to Douglas, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Cheyenne, which is the State Capital of Wyoming, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 60 days and walking would take 87 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,739 miles [10,845.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,505 miles [12,078.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,456 miles [8,780.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'