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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 Littlerest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Littlerest 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 Littlerest:
    • 41.770927, -73.644017
    • 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 Littlerest
  • 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Since Littlerest is near Litchfield County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Littlerest

Curious and Interesting Names Near Littlerest ...

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.

  • Bangall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bulls Bridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Clove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Clove is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
  • Dogtail Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
  • Dover Furnace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover Furnace is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Furnace
  • Flanders
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Flanders is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
  • Hibernia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hibernia is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
  • High Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • High Plains is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
  • Kent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Kent Furnace
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Kent Furnace is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Furnace
  • Market
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Market is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Netherwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Netherwood is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
    • Oniontown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Oniontown is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • Salt Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Willow Brook
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Brook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Littlerest and extending to:

  • Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Littlerest to Poughkeepsie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 61 miles [98.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,636 miles [9,070.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,221 miles [6,793 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Littlerest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Littlerest 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 Littlerest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7709, Longitude: -73.6440       In this case, the coordinates for Littlerest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.607 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.31 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.02 degrees.