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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Little Lake:
    • 35.936955, -117.906642
    • 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 Little Lake
  • 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 Little Lake ...

We found five communities that share the name Little Lake.

There is one other community in California which is also named Little Lake.

Beyond California, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In California ...
    • Riverside County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Little Lake [Riverside County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • This Little Lake is located in Marquette County and lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Little Lake that is located in Inyo County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Little Lake.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Little Lake lies 2,703 miles [4,350.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Little Lake that is located in Inyo County.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Little Lake.
    • Wisconsin
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Little Lake [Adams County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Lake ...

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.

  • Bradys
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bradys have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys
    • Bradys is located in Kern County
  • Brown ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
    • Brown is located in Kern County
  • China Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunmovin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmovin
    • Dunmovin is located in Inyo County
    • Dunmovin has also been known as:
    • Dun Movin
    • Dun Moving
    • Dunmoving
  • Freeman ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Kern County
  • Grant
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Grant is located in Inyo County
  • Haiwee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haiwee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haiwee
    • Haiwee is located in Inyo County
    • Haiwee has also been known as:
    • Enchanted Lake Village
  • Indian Wells
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
    • Indian Wells is located in Kern County
  • Junction Ranch
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranch
    • Junction Ranch is located in Inyo County
  • Onyx
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Little Lake 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 Little Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Little Lake once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Lake and extending to:

  • Independence, which is the Seat of Inyo County, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Lake to Independence, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,231 miles [3,590.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 127 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,440 miles [11,973.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,209 miles [13,211.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Little Lake 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Little Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9370, Longitude: -117.9066    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Little Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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.
<7>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 Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.217 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.241 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.449 degrees.




 

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