Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Little Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Center and the surrounding area.

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

• 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 Center:
  • 39.482284, -83.869650
  • 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 Center

• 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
  • Since Little Center is near Warren County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Center ...

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.

• Clarksville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarksville is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <1>
• Cornstalk
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cornstalk is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornstalk
• Cuba
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cuba is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
• Gunnerville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gunnerville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnerville
• Gurneyville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gurneyville is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneyville
• Harveysburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Harveysburg is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
• Hickoryville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hickoryville is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickoryville
• Kingman
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Kingman is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingman
• Maple Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Maple Corner is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Corner
• Melvin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Melvin is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
• Mount Pleasant
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Paintersville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Paintersville is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paintersville
• Powderlick
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Powderlick is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderlick
• Starbucktown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Starbucktown is located in Clinton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbucktown

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

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

• Wilmington, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Little Center to Columbus, with an average speed<3> 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 367 miles [590.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'