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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 Hope, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Hope 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 Little Hope:
    • 42.098945, -79.818939
    • 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 Hope
  • 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
    • Since Little Hope is near Chautauqua County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Hope

Communities Also Named Little Hope ...

We found six communities that are also named Little Hope.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Little Hope is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • This Little Hope is located in Bibb County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Hope that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Little Hope.
    • Georgia
      • Seminole County
      • This Little Hope is located in Seminole County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Little Hope that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Little Hope.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Little Hope is located in Rutherford County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the southwest of the Little Hope that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Little Hope.
      • Wayne 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 Tennessee community of Little Hope [Wayne County].
    • Texas
      • Wood County
      • This Little Hope is located in Wood County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little Hope that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Little Hope.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waupaca County
      • This Little Hope is located in Waupaca County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Little Hope that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Little Hope.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Hope ...

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.

  • Bogus Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bogus Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus Corners
  • Cutting
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cutting is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutting
  • Freeport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Freeport is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • French Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • French Creek is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
  • Harborcreek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lowville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lowville is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
  • Marvin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marvin is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
  • Moorhead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Moorhead is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
  • Moorheadville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Moorheadville is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorheadville
  • Orchard Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Orchard Beach is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Beach
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Valley Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Corners
  • Weeds Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Weeds Corners is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeds Corners

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

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

  • Erie, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Little Hope to Erie, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 264 miles [424.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Little Hope) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Little Hope 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hope 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 Hope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0989, Longitude: -79.8189       In this case, the coordinates for Little Hope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.379 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.622 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.719 degrees.