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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 River Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little River Crossing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Little River Crossing
  • 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 River Crossing:
    • 37.820974, -77.425815
    • 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 River Crossing
  • 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 Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hanover County
    • Since Little River Crossing is near Caroline County and also King William County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for King William 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 River Crossing

Communities Also Named Little River Crossing ...

We found one communities that are also named Little River Crossing.

Within Virginia, the name Little River Crossing is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Little River Crossing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Little River Crossing is located in Cherokee County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little River Crossing that is located in Hanover County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Little River Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little River Crossing ...

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.

  • Bagdad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bagdad is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Bowersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bowersville is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowersville
  • Crosses Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Crosses Corner is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosses Corner
  • Edgar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Edgar is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Gum Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gum Tree is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
  • Hart Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hart Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Corner
  • Heaths Store
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Heaths Store is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaths Store
  • Lewistown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lewistown is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
  • Littlepages Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Littlepages Ferry is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlepages Ferry
  • Oliver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oliver is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Peaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Peaks is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaks
  • Signboard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Signboard is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signboard
  • Slash Cottage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Slash Cottage is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slash Cottage

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

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

  • Hanover, which is the Seat of Hanover County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Little River Crossing to Richmond, 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 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,960 miles [9,591.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,539 miles [7,304.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little River Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 River Crossing 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 River Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8210, Longitude: -77.4258       In this case, the coordinates for Little River Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.179 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.603 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.281 degrees.