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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 Rapids, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Rapids 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 Rapids:
- 43.928675, -74.873235
- 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 Rapids
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Little Rapids is near Herkimer County and also Saint Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence 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 Rapids
Communities Also Named Little Rapids ...
We found three communities that are also named Little Rapids.
Within New York, the name Little Rapids is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Little Rapids lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Little Rapids that is located in Hamilton County.
- Ontario
- This Little Rapids lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Little Rapids that is located in Hamilton County.
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- This Little Rapids is located in Brown County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the west of the Little Rapids that is located in Hamilton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Little Rapids.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Rapids ...
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.
- Beaver River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Big Moose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Big Moose is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moose
- Eagle Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Horseshoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Inlet
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lodge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Lodge is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
- Soft Maple
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Soft Maple is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soft Maple
- Stillwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stillwater is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Woods Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Lake is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Lake
How Far From Little Rapids to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Rapids to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Rapids and extending to:
- Lake Pleasant, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Rapids to Lake Pleasant, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 364 miles [585.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,599 miles [9,010.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,196 miles [6,752.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rapids) 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 Rapids 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 Rapids. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9287, Longitude: -74.8732 In this case, the coordinates for Little Rapids have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.097 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.216 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.573 degrees. |
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