Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in The Village at Little Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Village at Little Falls and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for The Village at Little Falls

• 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 The Village at Little Falls:
  • 40.868433, -74.196256
  • 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 The Village at Little Falls

• 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 Passaic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
  • Since The Village at Little Falls is near Essex County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen 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 The Village at Little Falls

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Village at 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.

• Cedar Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Franklin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Franklin is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
• Great Notch
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Great Notch is located in Passaic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
• Lake View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake View is located in Passaic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
• Little Falls
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Little Falls is located in Passaic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
• Meadow Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Meadow Village is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
• Mountain View
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View is located in Passaic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• Nutley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nutley is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley
• Preakness
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Preakness is located in Passaic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preakness
• Saddle Brook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook
• Two Bridges
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Two Bridges is located in Essex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Bridges

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in The Village at Little Falls and extending to:

• Paterson, which is the Seat of Passaic County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from The Village at Little Falls to Trenton, with an average speed<2> 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 over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,695 miles [9,165.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,402 miles [10,303 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,279 miles [6,886.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'