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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 Heaven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Heaven and the surrounding area.
- 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 Heaven:
- 39.041779, -75.456587
- 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 Heaven
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Little Heaven is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Little Heaven
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Heaven ...
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.
- Bowers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Cypress Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Gardens is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
- Florence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Frederica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hideaway Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hideaway Acres is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
- Hunters Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hunters Ridge is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
- Locustville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locustville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustville
- London Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- London Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
- Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Misty Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Misty Pines is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Pines
- Otters Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Otters Run is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otters Run
- Paris Villa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paris Villa is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Villa
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Scrap Tavern Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White House Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White House Landing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing
- Wooden Bridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Wooden Bridge is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Bridge
How Far From Little Heaven 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 community such as Little Heaven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Heaven and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Little Heaven to White House, with an average speed<3>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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Heaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Little Heaven 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 Heaven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0418, Longitude: -75.4566 In this case, the coordinates for Little Heaven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.952 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.996 degrees. |
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