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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 Littlefield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Littlefield 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 Littlefield:
    • 35.434329, -77.421631
    • 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 Littlefield
  • 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 Pitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pitt County
    • Since Littlefield is near Lenoir County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenoir County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Littlefield

Communities Also Named Littlefield ...

We found six communities that are also named Littlefield.

Within North Carolina, the name Littlefield is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Mohave County
      • This Littlefield is located in Mohave County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Littlefield that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Littlefield.
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Littlefield [Androscoggin County].
    • Michigan
      • Emmet County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Littlefield [Emmet County].
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Littlefield [Stoddard County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Littlefield is located in Rockingham County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Littlefield that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Littlefield.
    • Texas
      • Lamb County
      • This Littlefield is located in Lamb County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west of the Littlefield that is located in Pitt County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamb County community of Littlefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Littlefield ...

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.

  • Fountain Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fountain Hill is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Hill
  • Haddocks Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Haddocks Crossroads is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddocks Crossroads
  • Helens Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Helens Crossroads is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Crossroads
  • Hugo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hugo is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Robinson Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Robinson Heights is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
  • Shamrock Terrace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Shamrock Terrace is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Terrace
  • Stokestown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Stokestown is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokestown
  • Strawberry Banks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry Banks is located in Pitt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Banks
  • Tick Bite
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tick Bite is located in Lenoir County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tick Bite
  • Winterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Greenville, which is the Seat of Pitt County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Littlefield to Greenville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the north (N). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,752 miles [10,866.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,635 miles [7,459.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Littlefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Littlefield 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Littlefield 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 Littlefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4343, Longitude: -77.4216       In this case, the coordinates for Littlefield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.273 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.351 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.124 degrees.