Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Littleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Littleville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Littleville
- 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 Littleville:
- 34.595236, -87.671961
- 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 Littleville
- 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 Colbert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Colbert County
- Since Littleville is near Franklin County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Littleville ...
We found seven communities that share the name Littleville.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Littleville.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Winston County
- This Littleville is located in Winston County and lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Littleville that is located in Colbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Littleville.
- Winston County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Clayton 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 Georgia community of Littleville [Clayton County].
- Illinois
- McLean County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Littleville [McLean County].
- Kentucky
- McCracken County
- This Littleville is located in McCracken County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Littleville that is located in Colbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Littleville.
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- This Littleville is located in Hampden County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Littleville that is located in Colbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Littleville.
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Littleville is located in Livingston County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Littleville that is located in Colbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Littleville.
- Ontario County
- This Littleville is located in Ontario County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km] to the northeast of the Littleville that is located in Colbert County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Littleville.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Littleville ...
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.
- Flatwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Good Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Good Springs is located in Franklin County
- Hunter ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - James
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lime Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Milk Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milk Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milk Springs
- Milk Springs is located in Colbert County
- Mountain Star
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Star have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Star
- Mountain Star is located in Franklin County
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Franklin County
- Sand Lick ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Colbert County
- White House Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White House Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Springs
- White House Springs is located in Colbert County
- Woodlawn Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Franklin County
How Far From Littleville 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 town such as Littleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Littleville and extending to:
- Tuscumbia, which is the Seat of Colbert County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Littleville to Tuscumbia, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Littleville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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- Littleville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Littleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5952, Longitude: -87.6720 In this case, the coordinates for Littleville 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 Littleville 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> | 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 Littleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Littleville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.27 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.122 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.422 degrees. |