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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 America, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little America 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 America:
- 43.561737, -75.900194
- 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 America
- 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 Oswego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego County
- Since Little America is near Lewis County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 America
Communities Also Named Little America ...
We found two communities that are also named Little America.
Within New York, the name Little America is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- This Little America is located in Fulton County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west of the Little America that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Little America.
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- This Little America is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,720 miles [2,768.1 km]<1> to the west of the Little America that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Little America.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little America ...
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.
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Florence Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Florence Hill is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Hill
- Happy Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Howardville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howardville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Noble Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Noble Shores is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Shores
- Pine Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Meadows is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Redfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smartville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smartville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
- Stillwater
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stillwater is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
How Far From Little America 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 America to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little America and extending to:
- Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little America to Oswego, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 327 miles [526.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,252 miles [6,842.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Little America) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 America 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 America. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5617, Longitude: -75.9002 In this case, the coordinates for Little America have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.785 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.929 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.239 degrees. |
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