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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 Littleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Littleville 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 Littleville:
    • 42.895063, -77.760003
    • 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 Littleville
  • 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Since Littleville is near Monroe County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee 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 Littleville

Communities Also Named Littleville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Littleville.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Littleville.

Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Ontario County
      • This Littleville is located in Ontario County and lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the east of the Littleville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Littleville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This Littleville is located in Colbert County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Littleville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Littleville.
      • Winston County
      • This Littleville is located in Winston County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km] to the southwest of the Littleville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Littleville.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton 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 Georgia community of Littleville [Clayton County].
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Littleville [McLean County].
    • Kentucky
      • McCracken County
      • This Littleville is located in McCracken County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Littleville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Littleville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This Littleville is located in Hampden County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east of the Littleville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Littleville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Littleville ...

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.

  • Cedarcrest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarcrest is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
  • Cluny Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cluny Point is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluny Point
  • Eagle Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Eagle Point is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
  • Fowlerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
  • Gray Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gray Shores is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Shores
  • Graywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Graywood is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graywood
  • Lakeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Maxwell is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Meadow Wood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Wood is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • Pebble Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
  • Sand Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Toggletown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Toggletown is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toggletown
  • Tuxedo Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuxedo Park is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park

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

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

  • Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Littleville to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,356 miles [7,010.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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- Littleville) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Littleville 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Littleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Littleville 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 Littleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8951, Longitude: -77.7600       In this case, the coordinates for Littleville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.021 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.213 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.422 degrees.