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 Littletown:
32.130356, -110.872866
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 Littletown
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 Pima County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Littletown.
Within Arizona, the name Littletown is unique.
Beyond Arizona, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
This Littletown is located in Hunterdon County and lies 2,064 miles [3,321.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Littletown that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Littletown.
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
This Littletown is located in Indiana County and lies 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Littletown that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Littletown.
Virginia
Loudoun County
This Littletown is located in Loudoun County and lies 1,903 miles [3,062.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Littletown that is located in Pima County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Littletown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Littletown ...
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.
Amphitheater (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Littletown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Littletown and extending to:
Tucson, which is the Seat of Pima County, lies just to the North Northwest.
Phoenix, which is the State Capital of Arizona, lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Littletown to Phoenix, with an average speed<3>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 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 111 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,492 miles [12,057.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,255 miles [13,285.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 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- Littletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Littletown 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 Littletown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1304, Longitude: -110.8729 In this case, the coordinates for Littletown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.007 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 328.418 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.544 degrees.