Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Marsh:
  • 41.876738, -77.401369
  • 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 Marsh

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Marsh ...

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.

• Christian Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Christian Hill is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
• Crooked Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
• Elkland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkland is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,724 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkland <1>
• Heise Run
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Heise Run is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heise Run
• Marsh Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Marsh Creek is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Creek
• Mixtown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Mixtown is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mixtown
• Purple Brook ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Purple Brook is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Brook
• Shinglebury
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Shinglebury is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglebury
• Shortsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Shortsville is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortsville
• Stokesdale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stokesdale is located in Tioga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesdale

How Far From Little Marsh 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 Marsh 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 Marsh and extending to:

• Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Marsh to Wellsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,786 miles [9,311.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'