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 Little Italy:
37.800762, -122.410805
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 Little Italy
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 San Francisco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found ten communities that are also named Little Italy.
Within California, the name Little Italy is unique.
Beyond California, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Jefferson County
This Little Italy is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<1> to the east of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Little Italy.
Arkansas
Perry County
This Little Italy is located in Perry County and lies 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km]<1> to the east of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Little Italy.
Maine
Penobscot County
This Little Italy is located in Penobscot County and lies 2,767 miles [4,453.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Little Italy.
Maryland
Baltimore City
This Little Italy is located in Baltimore City and lies 2,449 miles [3,941.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Little Italy.
Mississippi
Scott County
This Little Italy is located in Scott County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the east of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Little Italy.
New York
New York County
This Little Italy is located in New York County and lies 2,563 miles [4,124.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Little Italy.
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
This Little Italy is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 2,164 miles [3,482.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Little Italy.
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This Little Italy is located in Bucks County and lies 2,516 miles [4,049.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Little Italy.
West Virginia
Clay County
This Little Italy is located in Clay County and lies 2,227 miles [3,584 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Little Italy.
Randolph County
This Little Italy is located in Randolph County and lies 2,302 miles [3,704.7 km] to the east northeast of the Little Italy that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Little Italy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Italy ...
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.
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 Little Italy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Italy and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Italy to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,432 miles [3,913.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 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 8,180 miles [13,164.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Italy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Little Italy 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 Little Italy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8008, Longitude: -122.4108 In this case, the coordinates for Little Italy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.199 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.152 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.16 degrees.