Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Little Washington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Washington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Little Washington
- 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 Washington:
- 40.048159, -75.784941
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Little Washington
- 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Since Little Washington is near Berks County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Berks County
- eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Little Washington ...
We found four communities that share the name Little Washington.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Little Washington.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Little Washington [Cumberland County].
- Cumberland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Little Washington is located in Prince George's County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Little Washington that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Little Washington.
- Ohio
- Richland County
- This Little Washington is located in Richland County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the west of the Little Washington that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Little Washington.
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- This Little Washington is located in Loudoun County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Little Washington that is located in Chester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Little Washington.
- Maryland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Washington ...
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.
- Cedar Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Knoll
- Cedar Knoll is located in Chester County
- Coatesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
- Coatesville is located in Chester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <4>
- Corner Ketch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Ketch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
- Corner Ketch is located in Chester County
- Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Fisherville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisherville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Fisherville is located in Chester County
- Gallagherville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallagherville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagherville
- Gallagherville is located in Chester County
- Goosetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Icedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Lewis Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mills
- Lewis Mills is located in Chester County
- Martins Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
- Martins Corner is located in Chester County
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Wagontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Little Washington to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Washington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Washington and extending to:
- West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Washington to West Chester, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- 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).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Washington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/
The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Little Washington 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. |
| <2> | 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- Little Washington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Little Washington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0482, Longitude: -75.7849 In this case, the coordinates for Little Washington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Little Washington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.063 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.68 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.721 degrees. |