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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 Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Falls 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 Falls:
    • 43.731468, -70.427552
    • 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 Falls
  • 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 Falls ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Little Falls.

Within Maine, the name Little Falls is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon 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 Falls [Ontonagon County].
    • Minnesota
      • Morrison County
      • This Little Falls is located in Morrison County and lies 1,177 miles [1,894.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrison County community of Little Falls.
    • New Jersey
      • Passaic County
      • This Little Falls is located in Passaic County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Passaic County community of Little Falls.
    • New York
      • Herkimer County
      • This Little Falls is located in Herkimer County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the west of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Little Falls.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • 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 Falls.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Little Falls is located in Stafford County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Little Falls.
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lewis County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Little Falls.
      • Lincoln County
      • This Little Falls is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,267 miles [3,648.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Little Falls.
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Little Falls is located in Monongalia County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Little Falls.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk County
      • This Little Falls is located in Polk County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Little Falls that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Little Falls.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Falls ...

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.

  • Blackstrap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackstrap have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstrap
    • Blackstrap is located in Cumberland County
  • Chicopee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
    • Chicopee is located in York County
  • Dog Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dog Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Corner
    • Dog Corner is located in Cumberland County
  • Gag Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gag Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gag Corner
    • Gag Corner is located in Cumberland County
  • Gates Hill ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Hill
    • Gates Hill is located in Cumberland County
  • Great Falls ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
    • Great Falls is located in Cumberland County
  • Groveville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
    • Groveville is located in York County
  • Grubb Hill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubb Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Hill
    • Grubb Hill is located in Cumberland County
  • Ireland Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland Corner
    • Ireland Corner is located in Cumberland County
  • Popeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Popeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
    • Popeville is located in Cumberland County
  • Prides Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prides Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prides Corner
    • Prides Corner is located in Cumberland County
  • Scotland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
    • Scotland is located in Cumberland County
  • Summit View Park ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit View Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit View Park
    • Summit View Park is located in Cumberland County

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

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

  • Portland, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Falls to Portland, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 478 miles [769.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,425 miles [8,730.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,012 miles [6,456.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cumberland County: www.cumberlandcounty.org/

The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Falls 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 '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 Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7315, Longitude: -70.4276       In this case, the coordinates for Little Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Falls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.374 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.13 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.557 degrees.




 

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