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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little 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:
    • 37.439814, -83.361846
    • 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
  • 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 Breathitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
    • Since Little is near Perry County and also Owsley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Owsley 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

Communities Also Named Little ...

We found seven communities that are also named Little.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Little.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Greenup 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 Kentucky community of Little [Greenup County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Pike 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 Indiana community of Little [Pike County].
    • Michigan
      • Manistee 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 Michigan community of Little [Manistee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar 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 Mississippi community of Little [Bolivar County].
    • Nebraska
      • Holt County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Holt County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holt County community of Little.
    • Oklahoma
      • Seminole County
      • This Little is located in Seminole County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<3> to the west of the Little that is located in Breathitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Little.
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler County
      • This Little is located in Tyler County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Little that is located in Breathitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Little.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little ...

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.

  • Beech
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Beech is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
  • Canoe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Canoe is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
  • Clayhole
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole
  • Copland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Copland is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copland
  • Crockettsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Crockettsville is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockettsville
  • Hardshell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell
  • Lost Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
  • Manuel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manuel is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel
  • Ned
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ned is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned
  • Press
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Press is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Press
  • Quicksand
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand
  • Shoulderblade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
  • Wolf Coal
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Wolf Coal is located in Breathitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Coal

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little and extending to:

  • Jackson, which is the Seat of Breathitt County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Little to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 357 miles [574.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4398, Longitude: -83.3618       In this case, the coordinates for Little have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.721 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.592 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.885 degrees.