Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Alps:
  • 44.965692, -118.182996
  • 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 Alps

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Alps ...

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.

• Cableville ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cableville is located in Baker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cableville
• Crooks
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Crooks is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
• Granite
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Granite is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
• Pocahontas ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
• Porterville ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Porterville is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
• Rock Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Creek is located in Baker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Wing
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wing is located in Baker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
• Wingville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wingville is located in Baker County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Alps and extending to:

• Baker City, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Alps to Baker City, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,640 miles [12,295.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,702 miles [9,176.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'