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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:
    • 44.318312, -89.109003
    • 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 Waupaca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waupaca County
    • Since Little Hope is near Waushara County and also Portage County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waushara County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Portage 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 Wisconsin, the name Little Hope is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, 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 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the south of the Little Hope that is located in Waupaca 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 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Little Hope that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Little Hope.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Erie County
      • This Little Hope is located in Erie County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Little Hope that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Little Hope.
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Little Hope is located in Rutherford County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Little Hope that is located in Waupaca 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 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Little Hope that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood 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.

  • Blaine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Blaine is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Brushville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brushville is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
  • Chain O' Lakes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Chain O' Lakes is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain O' Lakes
  • Gills Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
  • Granite Quarry ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Granite Quarry is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
  • Indian Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Indian Crossing is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • King
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • King is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
  • Pine River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine River is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
  • Red Banks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Red Banks is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
  • Rural
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rural is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
  • Wild Rose
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people

How Far From Little Hope 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 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:

  • Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Little Hope to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,863 miles [11,044.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,758 miles [7,657.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn 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 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.
<4>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: 44.3183, Longitude: -89.1090       In this case, the coordinates for Little Hope have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.404 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.779 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.598 degrees.